Talking about TVs

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Mstty said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Mstty said:

MattMattMattUK said:

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sevenhills said:

My 43" Toshiba is rated at 75w but it's stated usage is 54w
I believe it's around five years old, when it fails I will possibly get a larger TV. I don't believe a new TV will use less energy, but I will Google it.

A modern TV, especially an OLED will use a fair amount less when being actively used, although depending on how it is set up it could use more in standby due to the way WiFi and smart features are configured. 

A modern TV(huge range there to lump into the statement) will never use less energy being used.

Older TVs generally use more energy when in active use, less efficient technology, LEDs and various backlights have got more efficient and OLED is more efficient again.

Mstty said:

🤔 I'm scratching my head here even with the overhead of WiFi......will have a beer and think on that one.

Non-smart TVs use less power in standby due to the overheads of the smart tech, more so when WiFi stays active when in standby, network wake and app wake are running etc. In default configuration, they can be set to use as low as 0.3w in standby.

The person you wer replying to was talking about a 5 year old TV I would presume smart and WiFi connected to be honest.

My 2016 55 inch LED us rated at 128w, my main 2020 65 inch OLED is rated at 134w despite being bigger and brighter, the equivalent 55 inch in the 2022 range is rated at 94w. Even in five years energy efficiency has increased significantly. 

Miser1964

I've wired my Sony TV to the router and turned off internal WiFi. Also set it to go into a 'true' standby, it can no longer be woken-up by commands to Alexa, although it can be turned off that way.