The European Union is considering banning 8K TVs to reduce energy consumption, Free Mobile is increasing the price of its packages while remaining the least, scalpers have already snatched up all the RTX 4090s… Welcome to the recap of the day before!
The week ended with more or less mixed news. On the one hand, the European Union is on the verge of quietly banning 8K TVs from the continent, while operators have each hiked their prices in response to the power shortage. Meanwhile, the RTX 4090s are being snatched up by scalpers who then resell them for gold.
Europe could ban the sale of 8K TVs
In March 2023, the European Union will update its Energy Efficiency Index (EEI). In particular, this will impose on 55-inch 8K televisions a maximum consumption of 84 W, 112 W for 65-inch models and 141 W for 75-inch TVs. Suffice to say that this amounts to prohibiting this type of TV on the territory. For comparison, Samsung’s 65-inch models consume almost 300 W.
To read: 8K TVs could well be banned in Europe from 2023
New increase in packages at Free
But, in reality, we observe the same phenomenon among all operators. The troublemaker of telecoms, on the other hand, is doing well by remaining the least expensive of all. Indeed, its 110 GB mobile offer increases by 1 euro, an increase of 7%, against 13 to 14% for its competitors. But there is a catch: this plan is only valid for one year.
To read: Free Mobile increases the price of its subscription but remains the cheapest per gigabyte
Scalpers are already jumping on the RTX 4090s
We hope you’re not planning on buying Nvidia’s behemoth anytime soon. To circumvent predictable stock shortages, there is only one solution: fall for models resold by scalpers. Of course, don’t expect reasonable prices. To get the graphics card, you will have to pay between 2000 and 5000 euros.
Read: RTX 4090 – scalpers are already reselling graphics cards for twice as much
