Well it's about time somebody out there in electronics manufacturing is doing their bit. To my mind its still not enough but it's a start!
By the way if you are eviromentally concious you could easily today be running your TV of Solar panels! There is an $8,000 Government rebate being offered to anybody in Australia who wants to do their bit.
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For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype at the Hokkaido Toyako Summit, or G8 Summit, in Hokkaido, Japan, on July 7-9.
The TV uses about one-fourth the power and has about one-third the annual energy consumption of a conventional CRT TV with the same screen size. Compared to today´s LCD TVs, the low-power prototype uses about one-third the power, and about one-half the annual energy consumption.
This extremely low power consumption allows the TV to be powered from one of Sharp´s triple-junction thin-film solar cell modules, with a surface area of about the same size as the LCD screen. The company plans to market the TV and solar energy system as a combination pair.
The technology could bring TV to the 1.6 billion people worldwide who live off the grid, improving their lives not just with entertainment, but also access to news and information. The company predicts that environmentally-conscious consumers would also be interested in such a product.
Besides the low-power TV prototype, Sharp will also exhibit other energy-saving technologies at the G8 Summit, including a 57-inch AQUOS TV, a solar-LED lighting module, and a super-thin (20-mm) 65-inch LCD TV that uses about half the annual energy consumption of conventional LCD TVs.
In addition, the company will display a semi-transparent "see-through" solar cell module. Developed with a laser-trimming process to create large numbers of optically transparent slits over the surface of the cell, the modules could be used as architectural elements, such as in skylights and curtain walls.
The most common TV out there without doubt today is the old cathode ray tube "CRT" for short, like the one in the picture below. For years and years we have been content with watching television on them. But over time we wanted them bigger and better. We've come a long way from the good old days of just plugging in your TV to the power point and antenna.
Now we have a whole range of TV's to choose from, not to mention source devices like DVD players, DVR's, PVR's, Surround Sound. The humble TV has grown from what you see below to the now ever growing Home theatre experience which is now even more affordable.
The only draw back is that once you have purchased your new home theatre you may find it a little more complicated than you thought. Luckily there are poeple like us Maxtv that provide an installSERVICE to wall mount or install your new Plasma TV, set up and teach you how to use your equipment.
If you're after a new TV, today you have a choice between
CRT (cathode ray tub)
LCD (liquid crystal display
Plasma
Rear projection
projectors.
Rear projection screens can be bulky.
You wouldn't use a projector for every day TV viewing as the bulbs do need replacing (bulb life is calculated in hours and the number of hours varies from brand to brand) and can be expensive. Having said that, projectors are great for watching movies on the big screen but you do need a room that is dark, as ambient light does affect the viewing.
Now you know what's available you have to then think about what you would like your display device to do and how much you want to spend and then work it out from there.
If you want a large flat screen TV, Plasma are are less expensive compared to LCD over 40". Large wide screen CRT screens are also good if you want the wide screen viewing and don't want to spend thousands.
High definiton 1080P plasmas and LCD TV's are on the rise out there and prices are coming down all the time, but beware if you do buy one of these screens you may have to think about upgrading the rest of your system, such as your DVD player for a Blu Ray player or HD DVD player and if you intend on using your amplifier reciever to do the switching, then you will have to look at its upscaling abilities.
If you need to know more about how these types of displays work check out the links below.
