a proposal for minimum energy performance standards home entertainment equipment charles edlington and paul ryan november 2006 outline context background of australia s standby strategy product coverage measurements he sales forecasts proposed meps products potential impacts ghg non compliant implementation timeline to power 2002 2012 targeted priority inc dvds integrated stereos theatre suggested voluntary targets by 7 industry feedback in 2004 that measures would not work accelerate mandatory action undertook investigate max levels draft new report on prepared over last 18 months available from www energyrating gov au comments open until 9 february 2007 rating deh horizontal general applies any item produces records or assists producing an audio video signal output excludes with separate proposals set top boxes 08 external supplies tvs 09 indicative vcrs dvd players recorders hard disk combination av receivers systems stereo portable components speakers