On Wed, 07 May 2008 08:10:39 -0400 Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| On Tue, 06 May 2008 22:32:08 -0600, root <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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|>I shut the HDTV off (Philips 42PFL7422D/37) first with the remote, then
with a power strip to eliminate power usage when I'm not using it. Any
drawbacks to this, other than a slower turn on time? I am concerned about
the electronics blowing out because there seems to be some sort of trauma
to the thing when the plug is pulled.
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| I'm a firm believer in using electronics the way they were engineered.
| In the case of most all flat panel TV's, that means leaving them
| plugged in and using the power button on the unit, or the remote
| control to turn them on.
I'm a firm believer in not using electronics the way they were
mis-engineered.
I'm also a firm believer in using energy efficiently, and not using when
it is
not needed.
| In the case of my Sony, it avoids having to go through a PITA
| initialization routine every time its cold started.
In the case of Sony, it is clearly very poorly engineered, especially at
the
software level, if it can't complete its bootup and initialization withn
in
second or two. It doesn't need to be starting up a web database.
| I think FAR too much is made of this tiny trickle of power they
| consume while not in use, and it's often grossly overstated. For
| example, I read in a brochure from Con Edison, that some appliances
| use 'as mush as 25%' of their power while not in use; that's just
| patently false and misleading.
A few actually do use as much as 25%. Most use about 5% to 10%.
A friend of mine with a large CRT-type TV found that his TV was using 65
watts
of power when off, and about 350 watts when on.
Would you leave a 60-watt lightbulb on that was not lightning up anything
that
is used most of the time, just so you'd have the light just a bit quicker
than
if you had to turn it on by hand, a few times a day you go into that room?
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