new tv more electric

northernstar007

ive just been getting a new tv 65inch (oled) from a 15 year old led hd tv
yesterday was its 1st day in use for about 15hrs, i didnt do anything out the ordinary for electric consumption on a normal day about 3.5kwh, but yesterday its went upto 5.5kwh
the connection on the tv is 100% streaming via apps and firestick so i know the router will be zapping more electric
anyway its a small price to pay for the luxury

paradigital

OLEDs, by their very nature, consume more power than an equivalent edge-lit LED TV, as a byproduct of each pixel essentially being its own backlight.

The upsides are numerous, specifically the black levels.  Whether that’s worth the increase in power consumption is up to the individual and how much they care for image quality.  For me it’s a no brainer to have the OLED.

wrf12345

Most TV's have eco-mode, went from 40 inch to 55 inch, 50W to 75W (both in eco mode with picture tweaks to brightness and backlight) but the new TV has ok audio so saved 15W on the amplifier. Exc picture despite such miserly actions. However, when I did a recent Amazon Prime trial for 99p the Amazon Stream reset the picture to max, 125W, and despite turning HDR off in Prime settings it would not allow eco-mode (disappeared from the menu but went back to eco when I switched back to my normal channels from the Prime channel, all on Roku OS). Only watch for three hours a day so not a biggie but rather a cheek, they obviously know what is best for me. Not a huge difference in quality, BTW. Glad I did not go for 65 inch as the thing already dominates the 20sqm lounge. Got 10 years out of the 40 incher so not bad going.

Scot_39

Hopefully it wont be on 15 hrs every day.

And in winter - that'll be x/15ths of that 2kWh less energy required from you room heating.

northernstar007

thanks for the replies guys
yeah i dont normally have the tv on 15hrs a day, max about 5hrs a week so wont be too hard on my pocket
and a massive difference from hd to oled its got the wow factor

Qyburn

Worth checking its standby consumption. Our TV initially used 12 or 13W instead of the claimed 0.5W, and it took a bit of fiddling with settings to resolve it.