Dar radau:

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brussels, January 14, 2009 TV power consumption – Important
clarification on behalf of the European electronics industry
Recent press reports claimed that Plasma TV technology may be banned
from the market soon for energy efficiency reasons. Such statements are
factually incorrect.
According to the pertinent EU directive1 a technology such as plasma
cannot be banned from the market as long as the TV sets (using this
technology) comply with the energy efficiency requirements. The EU and
its member states are currently working on new regulations to ensure
improved energy efficiency of TV sets across all technologies, including
Plasma TVs, LCD TVs, CRT based TVs, etc. All manufacturers will be
required to meet these new minimum efficiency standards in order to
continue producing, importing and selling TV sets on the European
market. This regulation is expected to be published during the second
half of 2009. After a period of transition products are expected to be
compliant by the second half of 2010. It is important to understand that
all relevant Technologies i.e. Plasma, LCDs and CRT TVs differ in the
way they consume power. However, the industry has unified the criteria
to make an equal measure across all technologies to allow a comparison
to the consumer. Overall, both LCD and plasma technology have made
significant advances over the past few years and both are achieving
better and better power efficiency. At the recent Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas, many manufacturers showed current and future
technologies, demonstrating the industry’s continued commitment to
improving energy efficiency even further independent of the type of
technology. For more information, please contact: Tony Graziano at +32
(0)2 609 5314, Tony.graziano@eicta.org