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California TV Ban Even Worse Than We Thought
By Julie Jacobson
Filed in: News, Product News, Displays, TVs, Legal, Comments (2)
The California Energy Commission's ruling treats all TVs the same, regardless of the application: hospitals, digital signage, or your bedroom TV. California retailers will suffer. Read more

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CEDIA ‘Outraged’ By California TV Ban
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CEDIA released a statement saying it is "outraged by the adoption of the unnecessary and harmful regulation regarding the California TV energy efficiency standard the CEC chose to adopt." Read more.

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Recent Article Comments

FedUpwithCA (11/20/09, 02:27 PM)
I hope this means that every legislator in the state of CA that has a “large” TV will be placing it on the curb this weekend. …
Robert Archer (11/20/09, 01:54 PM)
Doug has got it right. Californians have no one to blame but themselves for voting these people into office.

With people like Nancy Pelosi placed…

Sabine Stochastic (11/20/09, 01:40 PM)
This is kind of like making hybrid cars, Its still a car….Causing all the same conventional problems. You can put a hybrid band aid on it,…
DrFlick (11/20/09, 12:57 PM)
It depends upon how the vendor implemented their products.  Our recommendation usually is that you wire them “straight through,” which means NOT EIA/TIA-568-A or B.  This…
Doug Campbell (11/20/09, 12:49 PM)
Outraged?  Really?  I wonder how many of the CEDIA dealers voted for the big government politicians in CA that they new were in favor of big-government-socialist…
Don Lawrence (11/20/09, 12:48 PM)
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