Panasonic To Reduce Plasma Set Energy Consumption By 50% With "Neo PDP" Plasma TV

Panasonic will be launching a new plasma TV incorporating new "Neo PDP" technology that will cut the power consumption of the plasma in half. "Neo PDP" increases the luminous efficiency of plasma sets meaning that the amount of brightness achieved with a set amount of power is doubled, resulting in a 50% decrease in energy consumption as compared to regular plasma's at the same level of brightness.

To be launched sometime this spring, Panasonic's new plasma comes about as regulations controlling the CO2 emissions of flat panel TV's become stricter in Japan and the European Union. No compliance means no plasma TV sales in many countries, but Panasonic says that with "Neo PDP", this won't be an issue for any of their new plasma sets and the company aims to have the power consumption of Panasonic plasmas on par LCD TV's by next year.

Via Tech-On

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