Looking for an Energy Efficient TV? Check This Out

flat_TV.jpgSo, you're trying to live an eco-conscious life. One day your old TV set broke down and you're on the market for a new one. But how do you choose which TV to get exactly? Scientific American addresses the issue brought up by one of their readers. How do you choose the most energy efficient TV in this day and age? In this era, consumers tend to look at size when it comes to TV. Had the technology been highly-efficient when it comes to energy consumption, it wouldn't have mattered. Unfortunately, those enormous TVs on the market today are quite the energy hogs.

In fact, according to the article, a 42-inch plasma TV could consume more power than a large fridge. To put it into perspective with other TV technologies; a 28-inch CRT TV consumes 100W, a 42-inch LCD consumes twice that amount, while a plasma could use as much as five times that consumption. In short, if you really have to get a TV set, it would be best to go for LCD TVs, although it's obviously the wisest choice to continue using your old CRT TVs if they still work. If you want you want to make sure of what you're buying, wait until November 2008 when Energy Star starts rating energy efficient TVs.

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