Comments on: How much more power does a high definition satellite receiver/tv use than a standard digital receiver/tv setup?

By: Robert Tanguay

Robert Tanguay — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:30:59 +0000

They will use significantly more power with larger screens and faster processors on the tv and receiver.

Balance out by saving energy with lights and not buying the cheapest models of LCD/Plasmas - they tend to be the juice vampires.
References :
http://www.SatHookup.com
http://www.ScrubMoney.com

By: qlink_aardvark

qlink_aardvark — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:20:59 +0000

HDTV does not necessarily use more power.

There will be no difference in the power your TV uses when fed an HDTV source instead of an SDTV source (the pixels don’t care if they’re changing in blocks or individually). If DishNet is making you purchase a replacement receiver box, then that shouldn’t use significantly more electricity than the old one either.

In fact, if your present TV is a standard-definition CRT, and you are purchasing a new LCD HDTV to go with your HD service, then your new HDTV will use LESS power than your present TV!

Plasma TVs, however, do use a lot of energy. IMHO I would avoid them. The few advantages of plasma are rapidly being achieved by new LCD models.
References :
See the first message in this thread for relative power consumption of 40" plasma, CRT and LCD TVs… http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=54308.0

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:43:59 +0000

http://reviews.cnet.com/green-tech/tv-power-efficiency/
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