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The whole point of testing is to give consumers data, so if the test can be gamed by companies like Samsung, it is a bad test. There are so many TVs and they r
by marze 11y ago
The whole point of testing is to give consumers data, so if the test can be gamed by companies like Samsung, it is a bad test.
There are so many TVs and they run so many hours a day the aggregate energy use is non-negligible.
Consumers should avoid products from firms that game tests such as these. Toyota, for example, was singled out in the fuel consumption report as a company that did not cheat on the tests.
- Asbostos 11y agoAny kind of improvement motivated by the test is kind of "gaming" the test. There's no clear boundary line between optimizing for test conditions and optimizing for something broader. I think the onus is on the designers of the tests to make sure they reflect realistic use. It can't help but be a cat and mouse game but at least the effects of cheating can be reduced to small enough levels that it's OK. An analogy is a student studying for the exam. That's gaming it somewhat too. The exam is supposed to test what they learnt during the semester and retained over a long period, not what they crammed the night before and will forget by next week.