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Sharp LC-52XS1 52-inch LCD TV runs off solar power

Reducing power consumption with its LED backlight, the prototype model gets the 220 kWh/year it needs from a single solar panel.

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Home A/V | by Stephen Schenck | Tue Oct 7, 2008 4:21PM | 1 comment

Sharp displayed its LC-52XS1 52-inch LCD TV powered by a single solar panel at the CEATEC trade show, an improvement of the technology it first presented this past summer. The solar model shown off in July only powered a 26-inch LCD TV; although the latest version needs a larger solar panel to run the screen, it realizes greater efficiency by using an LED-based backlight. The 1080p LC-52XS1 displays a picture with a contrast ratio above 1,000,000:1 and, according to signs up at Sharp's CEATEC booth, the set's power usage comes in at 220kWh a year. This demonstration arrives only days after the company announced an increase in its solar cell production lines, now capable of making panels over a square meter in area.

[Via Gizmodo, image courtesy of AVING]

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Anonymous (8:26 AM on Tue Nov 4, 2008)

Fantastic idea for the cottage or the van. Now how about a capacitor or other way to store the solar energy for night time viewing.

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