#139 - Question/Answer: Monitor Standby Mode Wattage Consumption

Q. Do monitors consume power when in standby mode and will leaving them in standby mode shorten their lifespan?

A. Yes, monitors consume power when in standby mode. Watch the video to find out more... http://www.Support3GM.com

Category:

Science & Technology

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• 3dgameman
• monitors
• monitor
• display
• lcd
• energy
• star
• watts
• wattage

[papooooog]

hehe i got the same internet modem.

[3DGAMEMAN]

I've had mine for years, still works great :) knock on wood!

[Scybes]

Hey Rodney: What kind of chair do you have?

[3DGAMEMAN]

I picked it up a while ago at Costco

[McParcero]

is it true if u monitor has never been turn off or put it in standby for days and suddently u turn it off or a power failure occurr will dammage you monitor???

[3DGAMEMAN]

Not to my knowledge, unless it's defective unit or something. Why, did something like this happen to you?

[vesleengen]

Only problem today is that many electric devices cant be turned off. They only have stand-by mode so you must pull the plug to turn them completely off.

Just look at TVs or CD players for example

And think about how much energy is wasted because people cant wait an extra second or two for their TV to start up.

Only in my small room (16m2) right now I have about 6 devices on stand-by sucking about 18W an hour.. thats over 400W a day!

Think about it!

*pulls the plugs on the energysuckers*

[TraNWhiZ]

Thanks for that, you're awesome.

[m0pX]

I leave all of my CRTs (no LCD input lag, ghosting, tearing fixed resolution nonsense for me thanks) on standby all the time. Boohoo I'm wasting energy, too bad that extra energy I'm using is going to be generated (and wasted by somebody else) regardless of whether I turn my monitors off.

[cs16leet2]

Exactly. There are 6.000.000.000 people on earth, and if all people think like you, thats a LOT of fucking trees wasted!

[1stNightingale]

Yes but how often do you leave it on standby and how often can you leave it off instead think about how many watts you're wasting now.

[TehFunnyVids]

Thanks for this, Really important.

[hussainmushahid]

My Samsung 931BW Energy Star consumes 1w at standby.

But who cares?? No one?? If you save 1W of energy in 100 years you save 1 tree.

[Lvaneede]

acourding to the specs, my LG screen consumes less than 1W when in standby

[LizzyAston]

To whoever asked this question:

Your monitor will have consumed less power in a year, compared to the amount used for your computer when you asked the question.

So what is the point?

[Ndogg012]

mine comsumes 0.3W in standby :)

[XPZION7]

cool