High Energy Plasma Screens and Environmental Pollution Worries

There are pollution concerns over the high energy plasma screens versus the LCD television displays. Many people are making the switch from large, bulky and heavy tube televisions in favor of flat-panel displays and televisions.

Typically, consumers have a choice between high energy plasma displays and LCD displays. However, there is a big difference in the amount of energy that these devices use in the 6 or more hours that these devices are typically operated in any given day.

In fact, during the mid-’aughts, televisions are estimated to account for about 5% of the typical North American energy budget. Saving that power is not only an environmental issue but also, one of simple economics.

At diagonal dimensions of less than 40 inches, LCD televisions use far less power than their plasma counterparts. Over this size, however, projection televisions are considered the most energy efficient choice, using just a fraction of the power of the other two options. This is true of computer displays as well as televisions.