Sony, Sharp, and Hitachi out to cut your LCD power bill
By Erik Hanson 
posted September 14th 2007 2:06PM
posted September 14th 2007 2:06PM
Sony, Sharp, and Hitachi have joined forces with the goal of developing LCD television tech that will have displays sipping less than half the current juice by 2011. A recent CNET study shows that a typical plasma television uses 328 watts of power, whereas the average LCD uses 193 watts. By researching LED backlighting -- which also helps with expanded-range color reproduction -- and other energy-saving technologies, the companies hope to keep the costs of operating an LCD down as the sizes go up. And let there be no mistake, sizes will go up.
OK, so plasma is more than LCD but the numbers have no context. What does a typical tube TV draw?
anything that saves power is worth it
2011?? I fully expect OLED sets to be selling pretty well by then.
Oh...and they already use about half the power of a comparably sized LCD (i.e., no backlight needed).
Last I heard, the plasma's draw is max draw, the power draw depends on how bright the image is. The average draw supposedly isn't much more than LCD.
syphix; we'll have to see about OLED. I think they were supposed to be available before now and got delayed a few times. We'll see if it actually gets released in decent volume and competitive price or not.