Plasma TV Ban: UK, California and rest of EU

When you bought your nice big screen TV was it a Plasma or LCD television? This question may be more important to you than you first think if the future of both formats have anything to do with it.

We all know technology is moving fast but people who bought Plasma TVs would not expect them to be fazed out just yet. If Brussels get their way it looks like there will be a Plasma TV ban in the UK and across the rest of the EU.

This action can be understood thanks to the amount of energy Plasma TVs use when compared to LCD TVs, the new legislation is expected to be agreed by the EU this spring. Plasma TVs use four times as much electricity as traditional cathode ray tube sets and this also means four times as much carbon dioxide.

It’s not just the EU that have this plan, even California has been looking at banning the Plasma TV. You can read more on that here. What’s your view on the energy LCD’s and Plasmas use?

Source: Read