TV on standby

[discobobby]

Does anyone know if a tv uses electricty while on standby.

thanks
bob

[Everhelpful]

Yes,but minimal.

[Old_Geezer]

Of course. But not so much. All it has to do is keep the receiver on that's checking for a signal from the remote. Some take less power than others.

[bibblebub]

mine can only be left on standby - no on/off button - and uses 1W

[ABerrant]

"All it has to do is keep the receiver on..."

And illuminate the little Standby light :)

Some TVs also have timers to activate the TV.

[factor-fiction]

I understood that a TV on standby uses more electricity than one might think- maybe at least 20% of that used when the TV is on. I'll see what I can find out.

[ABerrant]

LCD TVs tend to quote power consumption figures greater than 100 W and Standby less than 0.5 W

[rov1100]

Someone on Dragons Den a couple of years back invented a device that saved electricity when a device was on standby. It was well received and I believe it was taken up.

[rov1100]

This is the item.

http://www.thestandbysaver.co.uk/

[Dodger666]

Is its endorsement by British Gas good or bad?

[Old_Geezer]

Not a regular watcher of that programme, I did see that one. At the time I could not understand why it was supposed to be a 'goer', since it appeared to be forcing items already on standby, into a standby mode. But then I discovered that some equipment standbys aren't really standbys at all. Apparently some create the illusion by blanking the output to the user but leaving most of the rest of the equipment on. It sounds pretty much like industry creating a problem for industry to provide a work-around for; at a price of course. In which case the public gets conned into spending again.