Sharp presents solar LCD TV prototype for the 1.6 billion people on earth with no electricity
- July 4th, 2008
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Today Sharp unveiled a prototype of a 26-inch LCD Aquos TV [JP], which is solely powered by solar energy. The company said one day, their solution might bring television to all the 1.6 billion people on earth who don’t have access to electricity.
Sharp’s new green TV uses half of the power existing LCDs need. In comparison to the power consumption of the 28C-PB500 [JP], a CRT TV Sharp introduced in 2002, the prototype looks even more interesting since it boasts just 25% of that old model’s annual power consumption.
A highly advanced triple-junction thin-film solar cell battery is used to power the green TV. The solar panel/TV kit will be showcased during the G8 summit in Hokkaido starting July 7th.
LightAce (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Lets just hope it doesnt rain
dfsd (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Now about powering those other devices.
Jon (Who am I?)
1 month ago
What exactly is “new” about this? This technology is at least 15 years old… solar panel —) battery —) appliance. Nothing innovative here.
Jon
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Serkan Toto (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Jon,
I am not a solar energy expert but it might be the high level of energy, which can be saved with Sharp’s solar cell. Also the battery’s size might be a plus here.
rockyc
1 month ago
Do people who have no power really need to watch TV? If we want to subdue them, drugs would probably work better. There might be more side effects, but who cares; most of them are poor!
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Jon (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Hi Serkan, I am no expert either but we have cabins that have run-off this set-up for over a decade now. You may be right but simply serializing a number of car batteries does the same thing… batteries are easy to “hide” from sight so their size and power output is not really a big plus as much as price is. Running low on power when the sun goes down (when batteries are used exclusively)… just buy more batteries and expand your solar array the next day :-)
Jon
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