Comments on: Plasma TV, Games Consoles Guzzle Power

By: James

James — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:47:44 +0000

Kohvu, where did you see a link to this site on Yahoo?

By: Kohvu

Kohvu — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:41:22 +0000

i love that, tack'd onto the end of this, there's a little snippet of information "reduce paperwaste by going paperless whenever possible."

YES! YES! Since i was JUST going through my energy bill and thinking "HOLY EXPLECITIVE! THIS IS WAAAAY HIGH!!! I need to lower this. And, also, i think I need to care for our enviroment more by not having the phone/electic/cable/insurance/credit card/gas/water companies, and my bank, waste all of that paper sending me bills. If only there was some blog or survey posted online, within easy access, that would give me tips on how to conserve energy, and also tie that into to this attrocious waste of our worlds precious trees, which in turn will cause our landfills to get ever so slightly larger."

OH LAWDY!!! Thank you Yahoo for forewwarding me to this website. and thank you website for the information, which ties exactly the two topics i was concerned about together.

Since I frequently go emo-nature-green when my electricity bill is too high.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:23:38 +0000

Green. If we could just start drilling through the heads of those poor polar bears we wouldn't have to worry about green. Better yet lets build some nuclear plants like the freaking French. My ps3 runs at least 8 hours a day. The other 16 hours a day I'm at work in the coal mine.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:12:27 +0000

I don't care how you justify it...

"The agency's tests found that leaving a PS3 on while not in use over a period of a year would cost about five times more than running a refrigerator for the same period."

Thats insane, Sony wasn't thinking green at all.

By: Jason Howard

Jason Howard — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:12:10 +0000

Melvin:

If your A/C is running constantly, you have too small of a unit.

I can imagine the PS3 sucking up lots of power, it has 8 cores!

I am a bit surprised with the TVs, although both Plasmas and LCDs put off a ton of heat.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:43:57 +0000

And your point is?

By: melvin watson

melvin watson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:29:34 +0000

How is the plasma TV in comparison with a 3&1/2 ton air condition unit on electricity usage during the summer months.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:29:19 +0000

Ian, checkout the Bits Energy Saving Smart Strips. At bitsltd.net. it's not remote controlled, but could be pretty useful. Stanley has remote controlled power strips by The NCC. They are geared towards the holidays, but I'm sure could be put into everyday service. Checkout http://www.thencc.com“ title=”http://www.thencc.com“ target=”_blank” ref=”nofollow”>http://www.thencc.com

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:23:24 +0000

“That's like expecting us to be surprised when you tell us a Mainframe computer uses more power than a calculator-watch.”

If the Nintendo Wii and the PS3 had different functions, then yes, you would be correct. Now, you can say, “It's like comparing a calculator to a calculator that has a built-in phone, dvd player, mp3 compatibility, 2.0 Mp camera…” and etc.

By: King

King — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:08:02 +0000

You have to love fanboys:

Dave on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 11:34 AM:
"And the PS3 consumed 10 times the as much power as the NIntendo Wii."

That's like expecting us to be surprised when you tell us a Mainframe computer uses more power than a calculator-watch.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:34:59 +0000

“And the PS3 consumed 10 times the as much power as the NIntendo Wii.”

That's like expecting us to be surprised when you tell us a Mainframe computer uses more power than a calculator-watch.

By: Ian Bell

Ian Bell — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:30:45 +0000

You know what would be a great idea? If someone invented a powerstrip that turned off at the push of a remote button.

The problem with CE products is that they can lose their memory once the power is truly turned off, if everything had a built in battery, then this would not be a problem. Instead everything goes into standby mode where it still saps energy.