This makes alot of sense and shows that the plasmas power consumption is dynamic..... bright scenes consume more power, dark scenes much less...
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March 21st, 2007 23:10 3Power consumption LCD vs Plasma:
The article is not correct about power consumption differences between plasma and LCD. The article is probably based on the manufacturers quoted numbers (which deserves a foot note) the consumption of an LCD display is constant and will not change in relation of the displayed image (the manuf.quoted numbers are in this case the min.,max and average consumption) A plasma screen will consume less power when the displayed image is dark and more when light, The quoted figure is the maximum power consumption.
In daily usage the difference between lcd and plasma is very little.
Below the results of a test done in Germany:
Test done by AVt.o.p. messtechnic in Germany, they tested a panasonic 42px60 plasma, LG 42LC2R LCD, Philips 42PF7621D LCD, Sony 40s200 LCD and a Samsung LE40R71B LCD. They measured the total energy consumed watching movies from DVD
Result watching 6 days, 7 nights (German version) (This is a movie that is quiet bright)
1. LG 42″ LCD 200.10 Wh
2. Sony 40″ LCD 208.60 Wh
3. Philips 42″ LCD 218.90 Wh
4. Panasonic 42″ Plasma 230.40 Wh
5. Samsung 40″ LCD 239.20 Wh
Result watching X-Men (A rather dark movie)
1. Panasonic 42″ Plasma 200.80 Wh
2. LG 42″ LCD 205.70 Wh
3. Sony 40″ LCD 213.80 Wh
4. Philips 42″ LCD 224.60 Wh
5. Samsung 40″ LCD 246.70 Wh
The Sony and Samsung were 2″ smaller then the rest of the screens but they could not take advantage of this fact. (The Samsung actually preformed the worse in both movies)