Electronic House: New U.S. president Barack Obama talked about going green with solar and wind power in his inauguration speech. We’ll no doubt be seeing a lot more in eco-friendly and sustainable products—and one of them will be “green” TVs.
Research company DisplaySearch reports that in 2008, 20 percent of flat-panel display shipments had green features, and this share is expected to soar to 70 percent by 2012 and dominate the market by 2014. In other words, green will become commonplace in our TVs.
By “green,” DisplaySearch means that TVs either have environmentally friendly components and materials, achieve lower power consumption, are compliant with environmental regulations such as waste disposal, use production processes that reduce energy and materials consumed, are completely or partially recyclable after useful life, or use green or eco-friendly concepts in product design, packaging methods or materials.
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