42 inch TV runs on 40 watts

[rondurrans]

http://www.itechnews.net/2010/10/25/philips-econova-42pfl6805-led-tv-with-solar-remote-control/

[HalcyonRichard]

Hi Rondurrans,
                     I looked at LED TV's a couple of years ago. They are very good but still a bit pricey. I ended up with a 32 inch Samsung LCD which runs at 30 watts.(It will pay for itself in 5 years in saving electricity). Another big saving was running a laptop instead of a desktop at home. Desktop ran at 150 watts. The Dell vostro 1700 runs at 30 watts when run off the mains. So this saves 1.2 kWh/day for a 10 hour day. Comet used to have consumption figures on their website it seems they no longer do this.

Regards Richard

[Outtasight]

I've been holding off replacing my big old (6 years) 28" LCD TV until 2012 (when they switch HD terrestrial TV on here in the London region).  No point in buying one before then, I figured, as you won't be able to use the HD tuner until then.

But this is an eye-opener.  A 42" set that runs on 40W?  A 32" set that runs on 30W??

I re-measured my two TVs today.  I've got a little 16" one to save power when just watching the breakfast news that runs at 29W.  The old 28" one clocks in at 113W!  With the Virgin cable set-top box pulling another 28W and the surround amps another 50W, it costs me about 190W of solar juice to watch Dr. Who on the big TV...

Could be time for a new TV, after all.  I could donate the old one to my folks, who still have an ancient 4:3 toob.

Mind you, I don't watch much TV at all... Just mostly hanging out here and watching movies on the projector... that consumes 200W in "eco" mode. 

[Baz]

All makes the tv licence look pretty extortionate at over 3kw equivalent per day.

[dhaslam]

It is interesting to use a thermometer on the TV screen surface.   My 42" LCD  screen surface is just slightly cooler than the woodstove  and is similar in surface area.  I never thought of an LCD  screen being  a replacement for a radiator.  The office screens are about ten degrees cooler at about 35C.