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Originally Posted by charliekilothree
Many TV's user's manuals say that it takes less energy to have the set on standby than to turn it on from a powered down condition. They also state that it's more efficient to mute the sound than to turn the set off if you will be out of the room for a while.
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That's been my excuse for years. But according to the quoted article, that's not the case. Apparently the tv uses 2/3 of the power in standby mode.
I suspect that US and UK tvs are made to completely different specs though.
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