New 32" LCD from Sony

http://www.sony-europe.com/PageView.do?site=odw_en_EU&page=PressReleaseDetail&section=en_EU_Press&pressrelease=1107738923044

No analog tuner announced yet for the European version.
The US version has an optional tuner board.

 

This a commercial display model primarily intended for business use although it does state that it can be incorporated into a home av system.

 

"290W low power consumption" it says in the press release.

members of parliament have said this week that such products should be declared illegal to sell...
(in quick soundbites referring to global warming and kyoto, of course)

 

Hmm.. Power consumption is the main reason I'm thinking of buying LCD instead of plasma. Compared to their KLV-32M1 model (which Sony's site reckons uses just 145 watts) the quoted 290 watts of these new panels seems way over the top. Besides this, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how can both 32" and 42" panels use the same amount of power?!