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now it's wide screen tv sets, what next?


To Save Energy, Big TV Screens May Have To Go

14 April 2009 2:47 AM, PDT

The Consumer Electronics Association has warned that a proposal by the staff of the California Energy Commission to cut energy consumption in the state by imposing strict energy-use rules on sales of television sets would see many, if not most, wide-screen TV sets becoming unavailable in the state. The Cea said that if the plan is put into effect, around 80 percent of all wide-screen digital TV sets would be eliminated. The CEA also observed that if the ban went into effect, it could also bring about massive job losses and reduce state sales tax collections by $50 million.