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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by dspillett on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:44AM (#31179801)
> I would expect turning those off and leaving the TV on would use almost no power

That is going to vary a lot depending on the TV. I suspect a lot of modern "smart" TVs consume a measurable amount when idle.

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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by maccard on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:17AM (#31180176)
Idle or in standby? EU regulations state the maximum standby power is 0.5w.
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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by madaxe_again on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:34PM (#31182201)
You do, however, typically need to set “low power standby” or whatever in the options somewhere - it’s usually not enabled by default - the default is usually to turn the screen off but leave everything else running. Mine drew about 5W in “normal” standby, and is immeasurably low (from our household inverters - I live off grid) in low power standby. It takes about 10 seconds to boot - no big deal.
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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by nsteel on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:04PM (#31184352)
I believe the low power mode is required (by UK law, at least) to be enabled by default. It's pointless otherwise as almost nobody will go and enable that mode.
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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by scarby2 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @02:26PM (#31183832)
> You do, however, typically need to set “low power standby” or whatever in the options somewhere - it’s usually not enabled by default

i had the opposite, i had to disable the low power standby (which was on by default) so i could wake it over the ethernet or via HDMI-CEC

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