Instant Deal Alert: panasonic plasma - Hot Deals - Ignore rating - PANASONIC TH-42PZ77U 42" 1080P PLASMA HDTV $250 @ Fry

[N-OS X-tasy!]

space-time wrote:
[quote=Black]
Shows available at $249 for me.
But close to 600w power consumption? That's just nuts.

O am not sure of this model, but the newer models are rated at 490W MAX, but average is more like 180W
You'd only see 600W power consumption when the entire screen is lit up with white pixels - how often does that happen? Typical usage is more like 300W +/- some.

[Black]

space-time wrote:
[quote=Black]
Shows available at $249 for me.
But close to 600w power consumption? That's just nuts.

O am not sure of this model, but the newer models are rated at 490W MAX, but average is more like 180W
The specs are right in the listing.

[Black]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=space-time]
[quote=Black]
Shows available at $249 for me.
But close to 600w power consumption? That's just nuts.

O am not sure of this model, but the newer models are rated at 490W MAX, but average is more like 180W
You'd only see 600W power consumption when the entire screen is lit up with white pixels - how often does that happen? Typical usage is more like 300W +/- some.
OK, go turn on 3 100 watt incandescents just for a little "background lighting", and leave 'em on for 5 hours, and then fall asleep with them on now and then . . .

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Black wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
[quote=space-time]
[quote=Black]
Shows available at $249 for me.
But close to 600w power consumption? That's just nuts.

O am not sure of this model, but the newer models are rated at 490W MAX, but average is more like 180W
You'd only see 600W power consumption when the entire screen is lit up with white pixels - how often does that happen? Typical usage is more like 300W +/- some.
OK, go turn on 3 100 watt incandescents just for a little "background lighting", and leave 'em on for 5 hours, and then fall asleep with them on now and then . . .
Watch less TV.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Some empirical data:

http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/shown...ml?regular

I may have overstated average power consumption of the plasma slightly in the previous post.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Using a Kill-A-Watt, this guy found his plasma TV uses around 170W:

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:_cl...att+plasma&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a (posted the Google cached version due to firewall blockage of the actual site by my IT dept)

A far cry from 600W.