Plasma vs LED Power Usage

[jacktesterson]

Hi Guys

Quick question. My Plasma of 7 years (LG 50" 1360x768 Plasma) decided to pass away last week. I paid $2500 for it in 2007.

How much power did it use roughly?

I wasn't planning the death and it came with no sign, so I went the cheap route and bought a Insignia 50" 1080p LED LCD TV. It's the 2013, 60Hz model on Insignia website. Best Buy house brand. Guy in store claimed it was made by Toshiba but who knows. If you do telk me. Anyways it was $399. Ill give it a chance. Its actually hard to beat the tv at this price. Its not a bad TV at all.

Anyways how much power is this using roughly?


I want to start moving my stuff to more energy efficient setups. My power Bill is high.

 

[smitbret]

The sticker on the back will tell you how many watts it pulls.

 

[Midwayman]

Insignia *shudder*

 

[Tweak155]

Without model numbers it's just guessing. I'm gonna guess ~400w for old tv, ~120w for new tv.

 

[cmdrdredd]

It's hard to say, even between the same manufacturer the numbers can vary depending on the model.

 

[Drako]

You're not going to notice much of an energy difference in your power bill. Maybe a couple of bucks a month.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Power usage and thickness are two useless bullet point features LCD manufacturers used to grab marketshare from plasma. And sadly it worked. The correct answer to your question is, who gives a shit?

 

[dualsmp]

Hi Guys

Quick question. My Plasma of 7 years (LG 50" 1360x768 Plasma) decided to pass away last week. I paid $2500 for it in 2007.

How much power did it use roughly?

I wasn't planning the death and it came with no sign, so I went the cheap route and bought a Insignia 50" 1080p LED LCD TV. It's the 2013, 60Hz model on Insignia website. Best Buy house brand. Guy in store claimed it was made by Toshiba but who knows. If you do telk me. Anyways it was $399. Ill give it a chance. Its actually hard to beat the tv at this price. Its not a bad TV at all.

Anyways how much power is this using roughly?


I want to start moving my stuff to more energy efficient setups. My power Bill is high.

http://www.insigniaproducts.com/products/televisions/NS-50D400NA14.html

I don't know what model you have but here is an Insignia 50" LED.. If you click energy guide below the TV it shows $17 for the year. For comparison my Samsung 40" LED uses $9 for the year.

My LED Samsung 40" uses around 45w in the day with all the power saving functions turned on. At night it probably uses less than 40w because the light sensor dims the TV a pretty good amount. I would imagine your LED is using less than 100w, maybe in the 75-90w range. I'm sure your old plasma used over 200w.

 

[CA19100]

The correct answer to your question is, who gives a shit?

When I lived in Florida, I cared a lot, because the higher-wattage stuff makes more heat. And more heat means more air conditioning, and thus more money.

Now that I live in a cool climate, it doesn't much matter to me -- more heat from the equipment means less running of the house heat.

 

[jacktesterson]

http://www.insigniaproducts.com/products/televisions/NS-50D400NA14.html

I don't know what model you have but here is an Insignia 50" LED.. If you click energy guide below the TV it shows $17 for the year. For comparison my Samsung 40" LED uses $9 for the year.

My LED Samsung 40" uses around 45w in the day with all the power saving functions turned on. At night it probably uses less than 40w because the light sensor dims the TV a pretty good amount. I would imagine your LED is using less than 100w, maybe in the 75-90w range. I'm sure your old plasma used over 200w.

Yes this is the TV

 

[jacktesterson]

Insignia *shudder*

Its fine

 

[dualsmp]

Yes this is the TV

Ok then you've at least cut your power use by more than 50%. It's possible your old plasma used closer to 300w but it's hard to know without a killawatt. I know some plasmas had very high power usage some exceeding 400-500w.