California considers ban on big screen TVs.

[jkwest]

I found this older article, and didn't want it to get unnoticed down in Display Theory, so I put it here...kind of scary...

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In their continuing quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, state regulators have uncovered a new villain in the war on global warming : your big screen TV

Couch potatoes, beware.

The California Energy Commission is considering a proposal that would ban California retailers from selling all but the most energy-efficient televisions. Critics say the news standards could take 25 percent of televisions off the market — most of them 40 inches or larger.

“The larger the television, the more at risk it is of being banned unnecessarily in California,” said Douglas Johnson, senior director of technology police for the Consumer Electronics Association.

Association officials say the standards are not only unnecessary – because the federal government already regulates energy efficiency through the voluntary Energy Star program — but also ill-timed. The last thing our economy needs now is products taken off the market, they say.

Furthermore, they say that with a weak economy, consumers are going out less and watching TV more.

“This is really about regulating entertainment, not energy use,” Johnson said.

Poppycock, says the commission.

Affordable big screen TVs will still be available under the new standards, spokesman Adam Gottlieb said. In fact, he said the regulations will save you money.

The commission calculates that if you buy televisions meeting the proposed standards it’ll cut your annual energy use by — drum roll, please — $18 to $30 per television per year.

“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to save money,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb said the commission is exploring the regulations to reduce the strain on the energy grid and to avoid building new power plants.

Televisions are the fastest growing consumer appliance in California. Californians are buying bigger TVs, and more of them. If something doesn’t happen, televisions are going to devour a bigger and bigger piece of the state’s power grid, which means we’ll need more power plants. More power plants mean more greenhouse gas emissions.

“Consumers aren’t aware of the hidden cost of powering these things,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb insisted that the regulations wouldn’t eliminate big screens from California stores. But the commission’s own draft report says TV energy use is “proportional to the screen size.” And there’s no doubt the regulations will limit energy use.

So if you’re in the market for big screen TV, now might be the time to buy. The regulations are expected to be approved this summer.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-6...rge-HDTVs.html
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/0...fornia-tv.html
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/commen...in-california/

[jkwest]

instead of just b!tching about it, how about we contact the California Energy Commision and tell them what a bunch of garbage this is....

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[jkwest]

California Energy Commission Media Contact: Adam Gottlieb (916) 654-4989

California Energy Commission Online Complaint Form:
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[Marcusarilius]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...creen-TVs.html

WTF?

[CAB]

When is he applying for membership in the EU?

[MOONPHASE]

Ugh hate living in California

[OrlandoEastwood]

What's Ah-nold's prahblem? DAES HE HATE ZA BEEG SCRIN TEEVEES???

[hardcorefrokid]

F*ck you, Arnie!

[Propellarhead9]

So is he banning all tvs over 50" or just plasmas? Either way sucks for people living in California.

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

So is he banning all tvs over 50" or just plasmas? Either way sucks for people living in California.

Actually any tv over 40 inch not 50

[Azyiu]

Yeah, ban and control everything! Turn CA into another commies infested place!

[Rblu-Dblu]

way to push commerce out of your state....idiot.

[financially stable]

ha ha

[Propellarhead9]

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Actually any tv over 40 inch not 50

That is super lame. Let's see how many people get the hell out of Cali and load up their wagons to head east.

[jw]

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=94495

[Marcusarilius]

He needs to... "GET TO DA CHOPPER"! , and start making movies again that will not be played on Plasma TVs in Cali fornia.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=94495

Is that link a foreshadowing of the closing of this thread?

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

That is super lame. Let's see how many people get the hell out of Cali and load up their wagons to head east.

*packs my bags and hops on the nearest train to anywhere that isn't the state I currently reside in*

[toef]

The Daily Mail is a tabloid, and nobody else is running this story.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by toefer

The Daily Mail is a tabloid, and nobody else is running this story.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,4908205.story