EU may ban ‘defeat devices’ after laboratory tests raise questions over whether some TVs could be set up to game efficiency testsIndependent lab tests beget found that some Samsung TVs in Europe appear to use less energy during official testing conditions than they do during genuine-world use,raising questions approximately whether they are set up to game energy efficiency tests.
The European commission says it will investigate any allegations of cheating the tests and has pledged to tighten energy efficiency regulations to outlaw the use of so-called “defeat devices in TVs or other consumer products, after several EU states raised similar concerns.
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Source: theguardian.com