To prove to the kids its hip, Panasonic will be offering a new, thinner and most importantly, greener, Plasma HDTV next year. The move is most likely related to recent criticism of Plasma TV sets, as they consume more power than other TVs, including the flat-panel LCD.
Panasonic wants to know it takes you, environmentalists and trees seriously — and say that its new TVs will cut power-consumption in half.
The company announced today that it will introduce a Plasma HDTV that’s just one inch thick (most TVs today are around 3-4 inches). The new sets should be available in April 2009.
It’s not a surprising move — as seen at CES last month, TVs are quickly slimming down and cutting power. Personally, we can’t wait for the paper-thin TV that’s made out of recycled paper and runs on olive oil.
