Surprise! California does something stupid - again.
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From: Cindy Hamilton on 19 Nov 2009 12:59 On Nov 19, 11:48 am, Ohioguy <n...(a)none.net> wrote: > http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/us_california_tv_e... > > California just passed another anti-consumer law. The focus is TV > energy efficiency. Under the new regulations, 75% of new digitial tv's > sold today will NOT meet the energy efficiency requirement for 2013. > > This is just another example of CA trying to force their ridiculous > standards on everyone else. Of course, they are hoping that by passing > these restrictions, all TV's sold in the US will have to meet their > requirements, which will add significantly to the cost of each new TV > set sold. Who cares? Nobody is compelled to buy a TV of any kind. Cindy Hamilton
From: Artys on 19 Nov 2009 18:05 On Nov 19, 10:48 am, Ohioguy <n...(a)none.net> wrote: > http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/us_california_tv_e... > > California just passed another anti-consumer law. The focus is TV > energy efficiency. Under the new regulations, 75% of new digitial tv's > sold today will NOT meet the energy efficiency requirement for 2013. > > This is just another example of CA trying to force their ridiculous > standards on everyone else. Of course, they are hoping that by passing > these restrictions, all TV's sold in the US will have to meet their > requirements, which will add significantly to the cost of each new TV > set sold. > > Environmental groups pushed for passage of the regulation, citing > that more and more homes have multiple TV sets, and the sets are turned > on longer and longer, taking more power. > > It's a noble thought - and a very misguided one, in this specific > instance. Here are some excerpts from the article: > > "The average plasma TV uses more than three times as much energy as an > old cathode-ray tube set. Liquid-crystal display, or LCD, TVs guzzle > less about 43 percent more energy than tube sets, according to a study > by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the state's largest utility. LCDs now > account for about 90 percent of the 4 million TVs sold in California > each year." > > - so in other words, the market is already switching to LCD's for the > most part, and they save 43% off of the tube TV's most of us were using > just a few years ago. Great! A 43% difference in just a decade is > fantastic, but people making good choices on their own is still not good > enough for some special interests. > > "Some manufacturers said implementing a power standard will limit > consumer choice and harm California retailers because consumers could > simply buy TVs out of state or order them online. Industry > representatives also have said the standards would force manufacturers > to make televisions with poorer picture quality and fewer features than > those sold elsewhere in the U.S." > > - yes, people will just buy TV's mailorder, if people try to force more > expensive sets on them, especially if they are perceived as poorer > quality sets. > > Here's an idea - instead of the government forcing everybody to do > what they want, or what a special interest group wants, how about > letting the consumers decide what to buy? From the looks of things, > that approach is already working, with the shift to LCD sets. By the way, I still get analog programs on my TV. The reception is better than digital.
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