LED TV Power Consumption

The question about power consumption is gaining more ground as people have become more aware of an impending power crisis, which may hit the world sooner or later. And it is certainly good to know that people are taking matters into their own hands at an individual level, by concerning themselves with the power consumption of the electronic goods we use daily - our microwaves washing machines, computers and TVs.

LED TV Average Power Usage

Most of the white goods companies are taking cognizance of our concern for using electricity judiciously and coming up with goods that are 'greener'. And with energy efficiency rating agencies firmly installed in a lot of countries, they have nowhere to hide and little choice, but to come up with more energy efficient products. The LED TV is a prime example of this fact. While the LED TV came primarily with the promise of a better picture, one cannot fail to notice the environmental concern of the common man.

Most LED TV reviews will tell you that the LED TV's power use is decidedly lower than most TVs around. This increases the lure of a TV sporting this new technology. It is the technology itself which creates a power saving mechanism. If you look at the comparison - TVs from the Sony stable: one LCD and one LED - both 46 inch TVs, the LED TV consumes about 0.096 watts per square inch, which is decidedly lower than the 0.139 of the LCD TV. And comparing it with an equal sized plasma TV only confirms the fact that the TV manufacturing companies are into the power saving products for the long haul.

What Keeps the LED TV Power Consumption Low?

It is interesting to understand how the LED technology itself facilitates lowered power consumption. The LED TV works on the LED light powered backlight platform. In high contrast images, while each individual plasma cell of the plasma TV continues to be lit, the LED technology ensures that in the areas of the screen required to be dark, the light emitting diodes (LEDs) simply switch themselves off, thus ensuring that no power is spent in lighting up a part of the projected image, which doesn't need to be lit. The LED itself takes very little power to light itself up even for a brighter picture, thus keeping the power consumption per square inch to the minimum.

Ensuring that the Power Use Stays Low

There are of course ways that the power consumption is kept to the bare minimum. There are three basic criteria that define it, namely: type of technology, screen size and picture settings. So if you are using the LED TV anyway, then you're already using the type of technology which is low in power consumption. The second point - screen size - makes a difference for the simple reason that there is more space on the television screen to light up. So a smaller screen size means lesser LEDs to light up and hence, lowered power consumption. The third point - regarding picture settings - most TVs today come with an inbuilt power save mode, which works on low brightness levels. So in case you do not have a power save mode on your LED TV (which is rare), you can reduce the brightness where the picture never really needs so much of it.

In conclusion, I would like to also add that by simply keeping the TV switch off at all times, when you are not actually watching something, you can ensure that your TV consumes lesser power. A lot of people believe that when the TV is off, it is never consuming power. Actually, it is - a low amount of energy but energy is being consumed nevertheless. By keeping the switch at the back of the TV off, you ensure that the energy consumption is lowered.