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by Will Safer on January 8, 2009 at 05:40 PM


Power-Saving TVs

Most companies are talking eco-friendly this CES but two announcements stuck out in the power-saving category. Sony and Toshiba are introducing LCD TVs that sense the light level in a room and adjust the backlight on their screens, lowering power output to make the screen image more appealing and save energy. Toshiba's new Regza LCD TVs will have AutoView, which automatically sets most of the TV picture parameters based on light levels. Several of Sony's new Bravia LCD HDTVs coming out this summer have LightSensor technology and dynamic backlight control that similarly sense light amounts and automatically adjust the brightness level. The real wow factor is in Sony's "presence sensor," which monitors if a person is in the room watching TV. If the room is empty, the Sony set turns itself off to save power. Even in standby mode it's impressive, drawing zero watts of power.

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