Monday, January 23, 2017

Did Samsung, LG, and Vizio Exploit TV Energy Tests?

It seems a number of TV manufacturers have exploited energy tests to make their TVs seems more eco-friendly than they actually are. The exploitation of government energy testing has been highlighted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Samsung, LG, and Vizio TVs have their energy saving features turned on during tests, but they are disabled if and when an owner adjusts settings on their TV. When the energy saving features are disabled, for instance, automatic brightness control and motion-detection dimming get turned off, the energy use of each TV can double. NRDC’s testing focused on TV sets larger than 32-inches and found that this turning off of energy saving features adds around $1.2 billion to the electricity bills of consumers over the lifetime of their video was produced by YT Wochit News using

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