"Some of Samsung’s 2023 8K models will apparently also need to set their local dimming systems to Low rather than Standard in the default picture preset to stay within the EU’s power requirements." Not only that, but the brightness settings for these out of the box low power presets are locked in, so that end users can’t adjust them," reported John Archer, Forbes. "Essentially Samsung has had to ship its new 8K TVs with their brightness set to substantially lower levels in their new default, out of the box picture preset than their screens are capable of delivering. Samsung has instead created a new 'Eco' picture mode, which the TVs will ship in, with drastically reduced brightness and picture quality, according to a report by Forbes. The 2023 8K TVs do not use new display technology. The updated law no longer exempt 8K TVs (or microLED) from having to live up to the Energy Efficiency Index (EEI).įor example, a 65-inch TV (8K or 4K) can consume a maximum of 112W in SDR with the default picture settings, and a 75-inch TV a maximum of 141W.ĨK LCD TVs, or "Neo QLED" as Samsung likes to call its most advanced LCD TVs, are notoriously energy inefficient partly due to the 8K LCD panel letting less light pass from the LED backlight (so LED brightness must be increased a lot) and partly due to having four times as many pixels as a 4K LCD TV.Ī new Eco picture modeHow has Samsung solved the problem? By sidestepping it. Samsung will in 2023 launch three new 8K LCD TV ranges that must comply with the European Union's strict new energy regulation, which went into effect on March 1, 2023. ![]() While other TV makers abandon or simply ignore 8K, Samsung continues to try and nurture the market even when it involves drastically reduced picture quality in default mode due to the EU's new energy regulation.
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