via Time.com

More and more people have flat screen TVs nowadays. My parents in Japan have recently purchased a brand new flat screen TV because the previous TV finally decided to shut down. (I think the TV was 13 to 15 years old)!

When we were on the phone the other day, my mother explained that when she turned on the old TV, it came on all in black and took a while to warm up and show the pictures. She added, “Well, I was still able to hear because the audio was fine, but I sometimes wondered what they were talking about when they said, ‘take a look at this delicious dish!’”

It’s good to make any kind of electrical things last as long as possible because that means you are taking good care of it and won’t waste it. On the other hand, the older these things get, the more power they use.

Take a look at this article about a new technology on flat TV screen that uses much less energy and even has a sensor that automatically turns off the TV when there is no motion around it. It’s amazing.

Contributor: Madoka Kasahara