Could 8K TVs be banned?

[Freddy]

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/focus.php?subaction=showfull&id=1665647227

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

It's like the car industry - they'll find ways to consume less power.

 

[Friesiansam]

It's like the car industry - they'll find ways to consume less power.

With so much 8K content to watch, sorry, little, who's really going to care?

 

[michael hoy]

It's not just 8K TV's though, 55" + 4K TV's are in the firing line as well.

 

[Freddy]

It's not just 8K TV's though, 55" + 4K TV's are in the firing line as well.

Crap, I got a 77-inch 4K OLED TV too!

What do you guys think if any happen to existing TVs that go over the limit?

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Nothing.

 

[Freddy]

Nothing.

Cool.

 

[Gray]

Crap, I got a 77-inch 4K OLED TV too!

What do you guys think if any happen to existing TVs that go over the limit?

The owners will each get a letter from David Attenborough blaming them for wiping out polar bears.

 

[Freddy]

The owners will each get a letter from David Attenborough blaming them for wiping out polar bears.

 

[davidf]

It’s all very well things like this going ahead in the EU, but the EU is tiny compared to the global population, which will still be able to buy leccy guzzling products. This sort of thing needs to be aimed at countries with large populations for it to provide any real benefit, so the likes of China and the US for starters - I’m guessing the US must be one of the worst countries for electricity consumption.

The only way this might be of a worldwide benefit is if the TVs provided worldwide are the ones that manufacturers develop for Europe - but will they bother doing that? Will they just stifle the TV’s brightness capabilities on the EU models until they’re forced to make a change globally?

Makes you wonder how close the likes of the EU are to looking at valve amplifiers and the like.

 

[daveh75]

It’s all very well things like this going ahead in the EU, but the EU is tiny compared to the global population, which will still be able to buy leccy guzzling products. This sort of thing needs to be aimed at countries with large populations for it to provide any real benefit, so the likes of China and the US for starters - I’m guessing the US must be one of the worst countries for electricity consumption.

The EUs population is 447m , and the US' is 330m...

 

[davidf]

The EUs population is 447m , and the US' is 330m...

I would still guess it’s one of the highest electricity consuming countries in the world.

 

[Al ears]

The owners will each get a letter from David Attenborough blaming them for wiping out polar bears.

Wish I had one. I would frame it....

 

[Gray]

Wish I had one. I would frame it....

'If you wish to continue to watch polar bears eating seals on a Sunday night, you must do so on a smaller screen'

 

[Friesiansam]

The EUs population is 447m , and the US' is 330m...

The combined population of India and China is very close to 2.8billion...

 

[Al ears]

The combined population of India and China is very close to 2.8billion...

The combined numbers of individuals in those countries that could afford to buy said TV's is what counts..... And that's sud all in reality.
Pointless references to populations in general.

 

[flashgordon1952]

I thought 8k was dead here in the UK \and Europe as a TV transmission pointless