Samsung can be accused of cheating the certification of laboratories. The South Korean manufacturer is suspected of substitution of these tests TVs. How do I find The Guardian, the individual models Samsung during the official test in Europe consume less energy than at home. If fraud is proven, these people are multimillion-dollar fines, as it happened with Volkswagen.
Samsung can be accused of cheating the certification of laboratories, Vestifinance reports. It is reported that in test mode the TV company automatically reduce the brightness of the backlight, which reduces power consumption. In real conditions this is not happening.
In the falsification of test results of power consumption Samsung accuses European laboratory ComplianTV. According to researchers, some models of TVs of the South Korean giant during the official test in Europe consume less energy than in your everyday work.
The laboratory conducted a study in February 2015, but the results are not publish. Information from the report has been published by the Guardian newspaper, after some of the results of the study were presented at a conference in London conducted by the Energy Saving Trust.
The European Commission became interested in the message in the European press and promised to conduct a thorough investigation regarding the use in TV’s so-called deceptive devices to deceive the monitoring system. She also intends to ban their use in TVs.
Samsung denied allegations of fraud certification of laboratories. According to the representative of the South Korean company, Motion Lighting technology is designed to reduce the brightness of the screen depending on the content, not only during trials but also during everyday use.
“Motion activated Lighting not only during the test studies, but also in home use. This is a standard built-in function that is on when you view in standard mode”, – stated the message of the company. The technology has been developed to reduce the impact of television on the environment, noted in the South Korean company.
However, if the fact of fraud is proven by the European Commission, Samsung face serious penalty.
Striking analogy with the scandal with the German automaker Volkswagen. Recall, the U.S. Agency for environmental protection on 18 September reported that Volkswagen suspects in deliberate underreporting of emissions tests on cars with diesel engines. In particular, the group is accused of installing special software, which helped to lower emissions in 40 times. The automobile manufacturer for violation faces a fine of $18 billion, as well as the requirement to withdraw nearly half a million cars. It became known that Switzerland has suspended the sale of Volkswagen models with diesel engine.
