http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/27/philips-green-hdtvs-to-grace-lux-hotels-across-the-nation/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:34:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/27/philips-green-hdtvs-to-grace-lux-hotels-across-the-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-943879 Greengizmo: Starwood hotels to be equipped with Philips eco-TVs | GreenGizmo.NET | The Green Gadget Blog and Greentech Blog Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:16:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=50711#comment-943879 [...] [Link] [...] [...] [Link] [...]

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]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/27/philips-green-hdtvs-to-grace-lux-hotels-across-the-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-943208 andrewkfromaz Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:41:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=50711#comment-943208 It's called a free-market economy, get used to it. Businesses make decisions like these because they're smart decisions, not because it makes somebody feel good. It’s called a free-market economy, get used to it. Businesses make decisions like these because they’re smart decisions, not because it makes somebody feel good.

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/27/philips-green-hdtvs-to-grace-lux-hotels-across-the-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-943187 GadgetPimp.com » Blog Archive » Philips’ green HDTVs to grace lux hotels across the nation Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:30:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=50711#comment-943187 [...] Although luxury hotels are, in every respect , incredible and conspicuous wasters of resources (in the name of comfort), at least that means they’ve got nowhere to but green. So although you may safely blast the Sheraton, W, and Westin hotels among others for things like washing clean towels, throwing away used card keys and so on, at least you’ll know that when you turn on the tube for a little late-night decompression, you’ll be turning on a nice energy-efficient “green” TV. That’s because Philips struck a deal with the Hotel meta-company Starwood to outfit all its hotels with Smartpower2 TVs , a line intended for this exact purpose and which boasts power savings of up to 40%. It may be that Starwood was looking at the bottom line: $12 million in power savings over the life of the TVs…More [...] [...] Although luxury hotels are, in every respect , incredible and conspicuous wasters of resources (in the name of comfort), at least that means they’ve got nowhere to but green. So although you may safely blast the Sheraton, W, and Westin hotels among others for things like washing clean towels, throwing away used card keys and so on, at least you’ll know that when you turn on the tube for a little late-night decompression, you’ll be turning on a nice energy-efficient “green” TV. That’s because Philips struck a deal with the Hotel meta-company Starwood to outfit all its hotels with Smartpower2 TVs , a line intended for this exact purpose and which boasts power savings of up to 40%. It may be that Starwood was looking at the bottom line: $12 million in power savings over the life of the TVs…More [...]

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