Plasma electric consumption

[Daz3d&Confus3d]

I keep hearing guys mention how much juice plasmas consume....Has anyone actually tried to figure out what the cost difference in electricity would be if say a 42" plasma unit vs. a 42" lcd unit would be if both units were on an estimated 8 hr.s a day? Any wild guesses?

I know power costs vary across the nation but anyone want to take a shot? My tv is on prob. abit more than most since I have two young children and then I watch late at night and I really do prefer plasma and plan on upgraded that route but Im curious about the costs to fuel the hungry beast? Esp. a 50" unit!

 

[Geno]

My 50" Plasma is rated at 500 Watts (per hour), which, at 10 cents per Kilowatt Hour works out to 5 cents per hour. I don't think LCDs are quite as power-hungry as plasmas, but I haven't really looked at their power consumption.

 

[Daz3d&Confus3d]

lol....thanks Geno....I forget who it was but a few weeks ago I read a few posts talking about how plasmas would cost tons of money every year to run them....lol...at your rate thats about $180 a year if its on 10 hrs a day..lol

thx again!

 

[BMXTRIX]

They recently did a story on this in Home Theater Magazine - nice tables and such...

Look! A link....
http://www.hometheatermag.com/gearworks/106gear/index.html

Look! The table....

 

[3x10^8]

lol....thanks Geno....I forget who it was but a few weeks ago I read a few posts talking about how plasmas would cost tons of money every year to run them....lol...at your rate thats about $180 a year if its on 10 hrs a day..lol

thx again!

I can faintly remember that post as well... I believe the poster was from California or something where energy prices apparently rival those of gold

Anyways, those costs actually surprise me a bit. It seems then that the whole debate about all of the costs associated with plasmas is a bit blown out of proportion. Either way, running your home theater even for 4 hours a day appears to still be substantially cheaper than the cost of a single movie ticket.

 

[Pyrrho]

You guys are forgetting one other factor: The extra energy used generates heat. In the winter, you are just paying for electric heat, not evenly distributed in your home. But if it is the summer, then, if you are using air conditioning, your air conditioner will also need to work harder to maintain the same temperature. You need to factor that into the cost as well, though that is not going to be easy to calculate.

Also, if one TV costs $180 per year to run, and another costs $90 per year to run (the exact costs, of course, being dependent upon the particular TV, and how it is used), that extra $90 could be put to better use. I have been buying SACD hybrid discs for $5.99 delivered:

http://www.yourmusic.com/

So we are talking about 15 extra discs for no extra money. Of course, if you are rich, this will not matter.