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The EU is banning 8K TV's!!!
hans:
Meh.. Sensationalist title of article. The EU has motives to do this that are of interest to the general public. Television sets are used in many many households for many hours a day. Some people even leave them on the dumbest channels/programs during daytime to combat loneliness. Great for them. But if it draws 500W continuously because they bought a high-end TV "because I watch a lot of cable" (which may only offer you 720p or 1080p content), then that kind of stupidity cannot be argued with. People will do people things.
What an EU can do, is force manufacturers to make more efficient sets. Virtually all tech manufacturers are publically traded companies, which focus on capitalism and being that 1pt ahead of competition in some arbitrary benchmark. 8K is better than 4K, even though you would need to set <1m from the set with 20/20 vision to see any difference. 100Hz is better than 60Hz, even though that 100Hz is only with image interpolation techniques and if you turn it off, the set can only do 50Hz (which is worse), etc. It's of best interest to the public to keep manufacturers honest. It's to the best interest of the public to keep our country wide energy bill low.
There is no strict ban on the TV resolution or features. Only that the TV must offer some features at a decent performance/power e.g. efficiency ratio. We do this with cars, with houses, with whitegoods, so why not with electronics? Enforcement of regulations is to varying degrees - from a ban, to a tax increase, to an indication label that could suggest it costs a lot of money to run. That last indicator has been around for years, but if that's not enough, perhaps the other 2 measures are necessary.
Likewise, if we were to rephrase this headline to CPUs and GPUs, would be as much beraged? I think that was the generally received sentiment of last gen CPU/GPU hardware so far, and of Intel's last few generations in the past as well. In my opinion it's also a tech market that's gone crazy. Sure fierce competition is good for pricing, but other "side effects" may suffer in the end. It's not an honest way of making progress.
unknownparticle:
--- Quote from: MT on November 02, 2022, 04:48:55 pm ---Btw, voter sheeple should be punished to watch the propaganda machine (TV) on a 2x16 character display!
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:-DD
nctnico:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on November 02, 2022, 04:54:59 pm ---This is actually related, albeit tangentially:
In 2014, EU started limiting household vacuum cleaner power intake. In 2017, EU limited household vacuum cleaners to 900 watts or less. (The current requirements, PDF.)
What I am interested in, is how that affected the effectiveness of the vacuum cleaners.
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I don't notice any difference in performance. Only that the noise is slightly different (probably due to a more efficient turbine) and the inner design has changed so the bag doesn't obstruct the airflow so much. The latter makes the newer vacuum cleaner I bought work better compared to the 25 year old one (which I modified to also have the improved, unobstructed airflow; yes, same brands). So yes, I think the limit in energy consumption has triggered very positive changes in the design of vacuum cleaners.
RoGeorge:
--- Quote from: tom66 on November 02, 2022, 04:39:18 pm ---I don't "get" 8K
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Never seen one, so can't say about 8k. However, I remember similar remarks from 4k, but when I've tested a 32 inch 4k monitor at the office, and everybody was amazed by the clarity and the details never seen before on the other less resolution monitors. I guess it's similar for 8k monitors.
Can't say about 8k TV, didn't watch TV since many decades ago. I've read TV brainwashes people and makes one dumb. Stay away from TV. Better live your own life instead of a fake TV life.
themadhippy:
--- Quote ---In 2014, EU started limiting household vacuum cleaner power intake. In 2017, EU limited household vacuum cleaners to 900 watts or less.
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and suprise suprise you can stll get a vacuum over 900w thanks to little loopholes,like not calling it a domestic,just like you can buy 100w incandescent lamps,as long as there rough service
--- Quote --- When some moron limits your tea kettle to 500 watts?
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The eu did think about it,but got scared it would swing the brexit vote towards leave ,now we've buggered off they might start thinking about it again
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