World's most boring TV show to measure energy use

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http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL0225108320071002

GENEVA (Reuters) - Television manufacturers and broadcasters have produced what may be the world's most boring TV program to measure energy consumption on new-generation televisions, an energy standards group said on Tuesday.

The aim is to have a standard way of measuring how much energy plasma and LCD TVs use, the Geneva-based International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) said in a statement.

If plasma and LCD TVs do use more energy than older televisions, that would push up demand for power and possibly affect climate change.

TV broadcasters and manufacturers edited together a mix of different genres spanning soap operas, nature programs and sports, and assessed the proportion of broadcasting for each type of genre in the world, it said.

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[Deja Q]

1. No doubt a 60" plasma would use rather more than a 27" CR...

PLENTY of sites, including this one state LCDs use 1/3rd the power of a comparable sized CRT.

So a 32" LCD uses 1/3rd the electricity of a 32" CRT.

Now we're being told LCD uses more than "older televisions" (CRTs)?!

Give me a break.

Conversely, just for the sake of the devil, let's bring up this glossy pic from the past: