Arthur Neslen, writing for The Guardian:
Independent lab tests have found that some Samsung TVs in Europe appear to use less energy during official testing conditions than they do during real-world use, raising questions about whether they are set up to game energy efficiency tests.
The European commission says it will investigate any allegations of cheating the tests and has pledged to tighten energy efficiency regulations to outlaw the use of so-called “defeat devices” in TVs or other consumer products, after several EU states raised similar concerns.
Remind you of anything?
The apparent discrepancy between real-world and test performance of the TVs is reminiscent of the VW scandal that originated in the US last week. The car company has admitted fitting software to 11m diesel vehicles worldwide which meant the cars produced less pollution during testing than real-world driving.
Harrumph.
[H/T Robert Davey]
If there’s a test, people will look for ways to cheat it.
VW is the tip of the iceberg in automobile manufacturers and I’m sure Samsung isn’t the only party looking at ways of meeting mandated requirements.
Unfortunately, rigging the system is cheaper then trying to meet it.
Didn’t Samsung rig their phone handsets to run overclocked when they recognised they were running standard benchmarks?
Yep! And they were busted on that. Today’s news sadly is not shocking.
Actually they were honest about it. They did call them Smart TVs for a reason.
“It’s just my nature.”