UHD TV's could raise energy costs considerably

[JohnAV]

Based on the NRDC article - The Big Picture: Ultra High-Definition Televisions Could Add $1 Billion to Viewers' Annual Electric Bills

• Going forward, consumers will likely be buying new ultra high-definition (UHD) televisions instead of high-definition versions for all models 36 inches and larger. Once this transition is completed, U.S. consumers will need to pay an extra $1 billion in annual energy costs to operate their new TVs unless further energy efficiency improvements are made.
• NRDC's analysis found there were dramatic differences in the power consumption among UHD models of the same size, indicating the technology already exists to make energy-saving improvements to the most inefficient UHD televisions.
• TV manufacturers and governmental policymakers must act to ensure that our televisions do not waste electricity, which leads to an increased need to burn polluting fossil fuels to generate it.
• Consumers can cut several hundred dollars off the lifetime energy costs of a new UHD TV by a) buying models with the ENERGY STAR® label, b) ensuring Automatic Brightness Control is enabled, and c) avoiding the quick start feature on Internet-connected televisions that results in significant amounts of wasted standby power.

Wonder if some of the UDTV's vendors forget about the EOL with Plasma's in the race to implement HDR, Dolby Vision and like?