Sharp's solar-powered LCD TV

OKIsItJustMe

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Tue Jul-08-08 03:30 PM
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Sharp's solar-powered LCD TV

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9985343-54.html?hhTest

July 8, 2008 8:11 AM PDT

At 26 inches for an LCD TV, you might sniff at its puny dimensions. But Sharp's shining some light on this particular flat panel, literally.

Its 26-inch LCD TV, showcased at this week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit, is powered by solar energy. The set was designed specifically for developing nations where the nearest AC mains are probably a town away. Sharp claims its experimental eco outing guzzles 30 percent less power than its low-power rival, though no names were mentioned.

While the TV is intended for those earning less than $2 a day, its specs are far from the worst: It's a svelte 20 millimeters thin, with a decent 10,000:1 contrast ratio that's not out of place in a middle-class home. Whether this eventually makes it into the global marketplace remains to be seen, though the idea of an accompanying 26-inch solar panel to power a similar-sized TV will likely limit its appeal on a broader scale.

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Tue Jul-08-08 03:40 PM
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1. Intended for those earning less than $2 a day?

That TV and solar panel would cost at least a year's wages for someone earning $2 per day.

Perhaps Sharp needs to go back to the drawing board and invent ways to use solar power to help clean water, produce food, keep food refrigerated for those who make less than $2 per day.

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diane in sf

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Tue Jul-08-08 03:57 PM
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3. You'd be amazed, people will buy TVs and other forms of connectivity long

before they have potable running water and other stuff we here take for granted. I traveled in the Philippines in the early 80s and would see all these straw cottages (Nepa huts) with TV antennas on top. They were using generators and/or stolen power, depending on where they were, to run them.

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Tue Jul-08-08 04:56 PM
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4. One-Laptop-Per-Child will only cost around $75

and that includes lcd, hard drive, cpu, memory, keyboard, etc:

"The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7411904.stm

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OKIsItJustMe

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Tue Jul-08-08 03:41 PM
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2. Clearly, the great advance is not that it's solar powered

It's that its power demands are low enough for it to be solar powered. That is a good thing™.

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