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diacewrb OP t1_j01wd9z wrote

Reply to comment by Mango_In_Me_Hole in Does a kettle use more electricity than a TV? How much power your gadgets use by diacewrb

A lot of people still have and use older less efficient flat panels that aren't LED backlit and some older folk still have have their CRTs.

A TV isn't like a smartphone where you upgrade every year or 2 then keep the old one in the back of a drawer somewhere. Getting rid of you old TV for a newer one when it still works isn't really a consideration for many folk.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_j0307ov wrote

TV power consumption has been going back up. Because almost everyone now tends to upsize to a bigger tv when they upgrade. A 65” LCD probably drinks more power than your 42” cold cathode backlit LCD or your 30” CRT.

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Bgrngod t1_j0356oh wrote

My 65" OLED pulls around 45w when the screen is all black and usually around 150-250w when playing games on it.

I don't have a CRT around anymore to test, but did have one about a decade ago. It was a 32" and I don't remember it pulling as much as my OLED does now.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_j039oig wrote

Because an OLED has REAL black. It’s off. This is the correct way to display video.

LCD is awful. Once you see that grey bleeding into black it’s all you can see.

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Bgrngod t1_j03ra0i wrote

Yup. This is a big reason I waited as long as I did to get a 4k TV. I wanted that shit to look amazing. And it does!

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