Cost / elec usage of 50inch plasma tv

wildbreed100

Just wondering if anyone can tell me how a 50 inch plasma affected their electricity bills / usage. How much of an increase in £s can one expect if going from a CRT 28inch to 50inch plasma (average use of about 5 -6 hours a day). I'm sure I read somewhere that they are more energy efficient.
Thanks .

kippen_noedel

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Cardew

Plasma TVs are certainly not more economical.

The consumption of your 28" CRT could be in the region of 100 Watts - a 32 inch I have is 110 watts.

For a 50inch plasma there is a huge variation from 250Watts to 750 watts. I suspect 400 to 500Watts might be average

So perhaps 2kWh a day for your use.

Fire_Fox

It's LED televisions that are more energy efficient not plasma televisions.

savemoney

Even LCD tvs tend to use less than Plasma screens, although leds LCD's even less and OLED even lesser but not even out yet, they dont use an extra lighting

markharding557

If you want a big screen size go for lcd

duncansby

A 50" panasonic plasma uses about 435w. You would use about 2KW per day, which would cost 16 to 24p depending on your tariff (an increase of 12 to 18p) - but the picture is awesome!

wildbreed100

Thanks for the responses.
If on average it costs 15p extra per day, Thats not too bad (£3.00 extra per month). I'll cut back on something - like one less burger per month. Small sacrifice for an awesome picture.

NonGeographicalMan

wildbreed100 wrote: »

If on average it costs 15p extra per day, Thats not too bad (£3.00 extra per month). I'll cut back on something - like one less burger per month. Small sacrifice for an awesome picture.

My calculator says there are 30 days in the average month. Unless you are saying there are 10 days per month when your television does not get turned on in the evening?

My 29" Philips CRT only uses 90W according to my plug in energy monitor. A typical 50" Plasma uses 250W to 300W. So if its 200W per hour extra then in five hours of viewing that's 1KW more per day.

1Kw is about 10p extra per day so times 365 = £36.50 extra per year. However some of the 60" Plasmas use 400W so more like £55 per year extra.:eek:

There is a detailed comparison of different screen sizes and how much power they use at http://reviews.cnet.com/green-tech/tv-consumption-chart/?!!!!!arw and a very good article on the respective power consumption and picture quality merits of Plasma v LCD v LED LCD widescreen televisions at:-

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/305199/lcd_vs_plasma_vs_led_tvs_buying_guide?pp=1

The general view is that large Plasma screens offer the best actual picture quality compared to LCD or LED LCD sets so you have to trade that off with possibly slightly higher power consumption figures. But don't forget that the cost of electricity is likely to continue increasing above general wage and price inflation in to the future.

roddydogs

Its nothing compared with the extra Fuel Bills well all be getting due to the cold weather.
And a 50" uses more power than a 29"---Surprise?

NonGeographicalMan

roddydogs wrote: »

Its nothing compared with the extra Fuel Bills well all be getting due to the cold weather.

Large widescreen televisions offset a lot of the improvement created by low energy light bulbs. But that is why the government is so desperate for us to fit low energy light bulbs as otherwise all the new Plasma Tvs will mean power stations are no longer generating enough power to cope with the total demand.

And a 50" uses more power than a 29"---Surprise?

A 29" television has a 4:3 aspect ratio compared to 16:9 in a widescreen so its probably actually more like a 35" size in terms of total screen area compared to a widescreen tv.