EcoSCART is a

technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

available for audio-video equipment which is connected to a

television set A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor. It combines a tuner, display, and loudspeake ...

by an

SCART SCART (also known as or , especially in France, 21-pin EuroSCART in marketing by Sharp Corporation, Sharp in Asia, Euroconector in Spain, EuroAV or EXT, or EIA Multiport in the United States, as an EIA interface) is a French-originated standard ...

cable. A device that embeds the ecoSCART function goes to standby or wakes up automatically, per the status of the TV. The first device in which ecoSCART was implemented was the zapbox EH-M2 digital TV converter box. EcoSCART's saves

energy Energy () is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is transferred to a physical body, body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of Work (thermodynamics), work and in the form of heat and l ...

by preventing a

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

from operating while turned off; and to lessen its use by automatically putting the TV in external mode.

External links

EH-M2 Metronic
* For more details about the registration of the brandname and logo, search "ecoscart" in the INPI page her

which is the official body that regulates the intellectual property in France. Film and video technology {{tv-tech-stub