Sharp Unveils Eco-Friendly LCD in Japan

Eco-friendly LCD TVs are apparently common these days and it looks like Sharp has taken the lead, well as far as the Japan region is concerned. Sharp has released the new AQUOS A Line-up, a series of 3 LCDs TV with a 40”, 42” and 52” LCD Full HD Panel (15000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 450cd/m2)… While this TVs are “fully loaded” (HDMI, 120Hz…) Sharp goal on this series was to drastically reduce their power consumption with an improved Backlight and overall power consumption system capable to bring to 175kWh/Year for the 52”, 145kWh/Year for the 46”, and only 120kWh/Year for the 40” model.
Price are to be expected around 200 000 yen (1535€) for the 40”, 260 000 yen (1995€) for the 46” and 390 000 yen (3990€) for the 52”.
(Source) Sharp










