Screen is an important part of Home theater system. There are huge differences in power consumption between unique models. These are my recommendations, but please note that I found only 100 results to compare (all together, not by category). Just for fun I added the worst unique model to the end of the list, please leave that one out of my recommendated models. Manufacturer of the worst did manage to get listed in other categories too, so this is not a complain.
Hints for energy efficient HDTV use are in the end of this page, good reading for green use no matter which HDTV model you own / plan to own.
List updated 10.9.2010. Next update not scheduled.
Energy efficient HDTV models
| 32" | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| Westinghouse SK-32H640G | LCD | 32 | 89 | 47 |
| Sharp LC-32D47UT | LCD | 32 | 72 | 48 |
| Samsung LN32B360 | LCD | 32 | 75 | 48 |
| 42" | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| LCD | 42 | 138 | 93 |
| LCD | 42 | 127 | 94 |
| LCD | 42 | 137 | 183 !!! |
| 46"- | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| LED | 46 | 102 | 64 |
| LED | 46 | 87 | 65 |
| LED | 47 | 90 | 71 |
| 50" | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| PLASMA | 50 | 336 | 217 |
| PLASMA | 50 | 218 | 256 |
| Panasonic TH-50PZ850U | PLASMA | 50 | 164 | 284 !!! |
| 52" | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| LED | 52 | 123 | 95 |
| LCD | 52 | 210 | 122 |
| LCD | 52 | 191 | 129 |
| 55" | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| LED | 55 | 162 | 100 |
| LED | 55 | 191 | 104 |
| LED | 55 | 129 | 112 |
| 58"- | type | inch | Default settings (W) | Calibrated setting (W) |
| RPTV | 61 | 171 | 83 |
| RPTV | 65 | 208 | 208 |
| PLASMA | 58 | 563 !!! | 489 !!! |
NOTES
- Screen consumes 40%-90% of the total systems power (size and model dependent, average HTPC, AV receiver with surround speakers and HDTV powered on at the same time)
- Calibration of HDTV colors, brightness and contrast is very important for both picture quality and power consumption.
- Watching in a darker surrounding ables to reduce the power of the back light of the screen.
- RPTV is abut the same or little better than LED, which is better then LCD, which is better than PLASMA (considering only power consumption)
GENERAL NOTE
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