Hello, Am I missing something in this energy rating system? I have never even considered energy consumption when buying high fidelity products in a HiFi shop. But I have came across this phenomena while perusing the TV's in a well known department store beginning with the letters J & L. The young lady advised me to buy using the energy rating when buying a TV? The two TV sets I was looking were both Panasonic; The TX-L55WT65B (LED) @ £2449 and the TX-P55VT65B (Plasma) @ £2399. The LED claims 126kWh/ year and the Plasma claims 330kWh/year. Assuming 14p is the cost per kWh. The running costs are £17.64 against £46.20 annually. So for an extra £50 of my hard earned cash I get a saving of £28.56 per annum. Which means in two years I will be better off by £7.12! Without sounding ungrateful to the advice I spend more than that on Cigerettes every day. Am I missing something here? Have I got my sums wrong? (The LED iTV s admittedly giving away an I-pad by redemption but this just usually means no one wants to buy it and they are giving away free stuff to try and offload it).
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CES Hands On - Samsung HW-Q990F review
Energy Rating / Cost per annum?
- Thread starter Lugs
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Plasmas certainly run hotter and use more power......and quite a few on here (me included) prefer the picture. The LCDs are certainly narrowing the gap though imo.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.....which isn't much help, I'm afraid.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.....which isn't much help, I'm afraid.
Lugs said:
Where are you getting the plasma TV prices from? I know quite a few places doing it a lot cheaper than that.
Paul.
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Sure, it's only £30 per year, less but across every appliance, bulb and gadget in your house the little bits can add up to a lot per year.
That being said, I prefer plasmas...
That being said, I prefer plasmas...
Plasma TVs are more expensive to run, but an AVR is very power hungry, too. Nobody makes a fuss about AVR power consumption, but people frequently cite plasma televisions' higher running cost as a real negative. You may be £40-a-year worse off, but some people spend more than that on HDMI cables.
Paul.
Well-known member
TV sales vastly outstip AVR sales, as a result AVRs dont have EU energy lables on making people aware of the power differences. Its only a matter of time before Hifi equipment gets lables too.
Paul. said:
Granted, though I'm really talking about enthusiast cultures here. I can't recall anyone starting a thread on AVR power consumption and energy bills.
I am a connoisseur of Hifi and have never once been sold a product on its energy rating? Anyway best leave that to washing machines and the like. Although I bet the same principles apply even more so to those home appliances. I think will just get the plasma.
whiskywheels
Well-known member
Paul. said:
You've hit the nail on the head with regards to energy saving; it's not just about the personal savings we might make, it's about the overral consumption of the country. Same with not leaving stuff on standby, and so on............
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