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ECO WORLD REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE
COEXISTENCE WITH THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
Panasonic products provide convenience and comfort to peoples’ lives, though the manufacturing, use, and disposal of these products has an impact on the environment. The major environmental impacts are emission of CO2, waste, and
chemical substances. We focus our efforts to reduce these emissions
as far as possible during the product lifecycle, aiming to further improve customers’ quality of life. This is our fundamental philosophy.
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> LONG SERVICE LIFE
LONG-LIFE DESIGN – UP TO 100,000 HOURS* OF VIEWING FUN –
VIERA plasma display panels are designed to provide a panel viewing time of up to 100,000 hours*, giving you years and years of superb entertainment. Compared to LCD, there is no backlight that loses brightness over time, so you can count on
> ECO MODE
Looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints, people are increasingly concerned about the energy consumption of their consumer electronics products. We have introduced a new optional “Eco Mode” as standard on almost all of our TVs. Eco Mode uses a photo sensor to measure the ambient light conditions in the room and adjusts the panel brightness accordingly.
> LEAD FREE DISPLAY
MAKING PRODUCTS MORE EASILY RECYCLABLE – The use of lead is prohibited by the RoHS Directive, but processed glass products are exempt from this regulation because the development of an alternative material is difficult. For VIERA plasma TVs, Panasonic has already developed a lead alternative substance and eliminated the use of lead in plasma TVs for the first time in the world. This reduces the impact on the environment when recycling or disposing of them in the future.
*This measurement is based on the time taken for the brightness of the panel to reduce to half of its maximum level. The time taken to reach this level may vary depending on the image content and the environment where the television is used.