Philips 42PFL5603D 42 INCH LCDOne of the most impressive Green HDTVs launched this year at CES electronics super show. It was the Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch LCD that stole the show which promptly won the “Best In Show” award. The Philips 42PFL5603D not only looks great but it will easily stand apart from the general looking HDTVs. It packs a very serious punch with features and specifications behind it’s good looks. With a full HD 1080p LCD screen for a full 1920×1080 pixels for the very highest HD format then add the boost the lowest power consumption for a HDTV this size by far. Philips is calling this new line of televisions Eco TV’s, as they are very energy efficient, by using just 75 watts during operation, and only 0.15 watts during standby. An average HDTV of this size, or even smaller typically uses anywhere between 175-300 watts.
You can also feel safe that other environmentally friendly features include lead free components and recycled packaging. Back before there were plasma screen and liquid crystal display (LCD) tubes, we were all watching our hockey games and soaps on cathode ray tubes CRT models. The CRT model provided room for all your switches and wires in a box behind the screen, but it also stored a lot of lead with philips new approach this will no longer be the case.
Approximately 20 % of CRT TV’s are comprised of lead, equivalent to between four and eight pounds per unit. New standards will soon require all televisions to run a digital signal by February 19, 2009 so we could be looking at a lot of lead headed for landfills. Even the smallest amounts of lead can be a serious issue, and we’re talking about eight pounds of lead per tv.
