While I am not a fan of any entity dictating to anyone what kind of tv you may purchase....I am not that upset about kicking the industry in gear to tone down the power consumption of these new tvs...including LCD's.
Yes, the legislation includes LCD sets. According to what I read, it is mainly going after LCD and Plasma sets as crt sets are pretty much dead to the world...popularly.
I purchased two Sharp LCD sets, one a 32" and one a 46" and I was absolutely amazed to find out they draw 280 and 350 watts respectively. HOLY COW!!!!!
My 42 year old RCA Combo with the CTC-21 chassie only uses 325 watts (350 w/remote). I felt "Are you kidding me!" It is ridiculous in this day and age that a tv should pull so much. My 36" JVC CRT set only pulls 180 watts by comparison. And for Plasma sets to pull 600 + watts....there is really no excuse for that.....I mean really...6 amps? Most washing machines and vacuum cleaners don't pull more than that. sheesh
LCD sets can run off of AA batteries, why should the tv's be so power hungry? IMHO Just laziness in the design department. There is really no reason for that kind of power consumption....and no wonder the caps crap out....that is a lot of juice for those little, cheap caps to deal with.
Tone down power consumption and reliability will probably be boosted.
Roy