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While most people try to do their bit, however small, to prolong the life of this tired planet, the jury remains out on whether green credentials ever help sell televisions.This hasn't stopped Philips producing what is easily the most ecologically sound TV to date in the attractive shape of the 42PFL6805H.Anything branded 'Econova' better have some seriously Earth-friendly spec under its belt and, happily, there's so much going on in this respect it's hard to know where to start. To whet your appetite, the body is made from recycled aluminium, an edge LED engine enables the set to run on just 40W of power and the remote control is solar powered. This 42-inch screen is very much a one-off in Philips' current lineup and is only available in this size, which suggests that it's a bit of an experiment designed to test how concerned the TV buying public is with matters environmental. In fact, Philips wasn't even certain about releasing the TV in the UK at all until it generated huge amounts of interest from the press.
It has a whole range of other features, including Pixel Precise HD, a 100 Hz mode and HD Natural Motion, but without an Ethernet port, there's no support for either DLNA home networks or access to NET TV services. To minimise its impact on the environment, Philips has used up 60% recycled aluminium in this TV, which is mostly found in the stand and the frame. The remote control includes a photovoltaic cell on the back, so you don't need to buy new batteries. The manufacturer has also made sure you can recycle all of the packaging, and all of the polystyrene padding and plastic bags have been replaced by paper and card, meaning you can recycle the lot. As we had feared, the energy-saving features have a negative impact on the quality of the display: all this TV does to reduce its consumption is adjust the backlighting, much like many others. We decided to turn that off and adjust the brightness ourselves so that a white test card was at 200 cd/m². Even with the energy-saving features turned off, though, the Econova doesn't need much power. On standby, it consumes the bare minimum of 0.1 W, the equivalent of only a few extra pennies on your electricity bill if you leave it plugged in all year.