After seeing the scandal that hit the car market, sponsored by German giant Volkswagen, now seems Samsung to lie about the consumption of their equipment.
According to the British newspaper, The Guardian , Samsung, the Korean giant in the electronics market may be using a system that “camouflages” the device power consumption when they are in the testing phase.
Update:. Read Samsung’s statement on the case “Motion Lighting”
The Guardian , in today’s edition, states that the South Korean Samsung may be using a system that reduced the power consumption of its televisions when these They are being tested by independent laboratories complian TV. These data collected by TV complian report that there is an installation of a system that adapts the energy consumed by TVs in the process of being tested, achieving thus refine the data on the energy consumed by manipulating the final values.
After this information, the European Commission says it will investigate all allegations of fraud in the tests and pledged to tighten the energy efficiency regulations to ban the use of so-called “defeat devices” on TV or other products consumption, after several EU members raise similar concerns.
What is the Motion Lighting technology?
The Samsung vehemently denies this feature on their TVs, what is at stake is a technology called Motion Lighting and clearly not used to deceive the energy efficiency of official tests much less be classified as “device handler “. The company says that this system reduces screen brightness in response to various types of real-world content, including movies fast moving action and sports. The technology is also activated when there is footage in slow motion, as might happen in laboratory tests, but it has nothing to fraud.
There is no comparison [between the Motion Lighting device and VW handlers]. This is not a setting that is only active during compliance testing. Rather, it is a setting ‘out if you box’, which reduces the power of video whenever motion is detected.
words of a spokesman for Samsung.
Laboratory studies have found that the characteristic of Samsung ‘Motion Lighting’ allows a reduced brightness in TV sets (and reduces power consumption) under the conditions the International Electrotechnical Commission test (IEC). These involve playing fast sequences of various materials, such as recorded TV shows, DVDs and live broadcasts.
But it was only in tests that activated the system?
According to the report ComplianTV under viewing conditions of the real world, have not been registered reductions in energy consumption . After testing in February, the regulator, not indicating the name of Samsung in the report, said:
“ Laboratories observed behaviors TV during measurements and this raised the possibility the TV detects a test procedure and adapt their energy consumption accordingly. This phenomenon has not been proven in ComplianTV tests, but some tried TVs gave the impression that technology detected the test case. “
Faced with this new controversy, Rudolf Heinz, the head of the project products lab the ComplianTV, told the Guardian:
The Samsung is complying with the law to the letter but not the spirit of the law
So, there is no clear indication that Samsung, the world’s largest manufacturer of TV, acted unlawfully, although proponents of energy efficiency claim that such procedures in the EU tests are overly generous.
Televisions consume up to 10% of the electricity of a typical household consumption, according to coolproducts a group of NGOs who value and support the energy-saving products. The group says that across Europe, energy consumption only with TVs represent the total consumption combined power of Sweden and Portugal and this number is growing .
This news comes at a time complicated for the market after the car manufacturer Volkswagen being accused of a giant fraud by installing a system that handles the results of gas emissions . harmful in the testing phase
Update:. Meanwhile, Samsung has already made a statement on the “Motion Lighting” event
We firmly reject the accusation that one of our TV settings have been designed for a deceptive energy power performance in the regulatory laboratory tests.
The engine in question and that is used is not a setting enabled only during compliance testing. It is a designated definition “lighting motion” and is a feature that reduces the brightness of the screen when motion is detected in the image (“motion video”).
This is a standard feature that works the same mode in the laboratory and in the home, that is, is not only switched in accordance tests. It is a characteristic “out-of-the-box”, that is, which is automatically activated when the customer receives the TV set, and stays on when the customer chooses to view TV in preview mode “standard”.
The functionality “motion lighting” is part of a series of features that we have developed to help reduce the environmental impact of our TV technology. We are proud of these technologies and we intend to further innovate in this area.
The Guardian
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