When it comes to lowering the electricity bill at the end of the month, kitchen appliances are the usual suspects we usually focus our attention on. refrigerator, cooking plates, ovenetc. But there is another device at home that can cost a lot and require significant costs: television.

Although televisions are not among the devices that consume the most electricity in the home compared to other equipment, they are also in some cases being on for hours every day As we saw a long time ago, total consumption can increase rapidly. What can we do?

Tips to reduce TV’s electricity consumption

Fortunately, there are a number of measures that we can implement in a simple way that allow. reduce electricity costs We will use the devices sensibly, thereby achieving significant savings in the long run.

Configure it correctly Backlighting the panels (not to be confused with brightness or contrast) is the first step I always recommend on both LCD panel models and OLED models because it is the most effective way to reduce electricity consumption. Our panels reduce the illumination level when it does not need to be at maximum.

This is, for example, the case of a typical family that almost always uses the TV to watch traditional DTT, and often in a general way, without paying attention, but rather in the background to accompany it. In these cases If we have high levels of backlight, we waste light and unnecessarily increasing the bill at the end of the month.

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Adjust image settings correctly It is the second essential step in controlling expenses. Modern televisions have the possibility of creating various types of configurations, but above all they allow you to choose a viewing mode that adapts to the content we play. specific time of day And ambient light condition what we have (cinema, night cinema, day cinema, filmmaker mode, etc.).

It is generally recommended to change the modes enabled by default; “lived”, “dynamic”and select cinema mode and of course check the display settings. An operating mode for “stores” is not enabledbut for domestic use.

This is because in this “store” mode, all brightness parameters are maximized so that the image looks more striking and stands out on store shelves and attracts the attention of potential customers. It is not recommended for use at home.

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So will you spend more if I watch content in HDR? Just because the TV has HDR with lots of nits doesn’t mean it should be used. The way cinema is currently recorded, most movies and series with HDR use this technology only very specific points You can adjust the lights, spotlights, sunrise, certain brightness, etc. This means that consumption is not as excessive as in the classic brand promotions we see, for example, in stores or online. Moreover, even You can spend more watching TV in SDR than in HDR.

Enable certain energy saving modes It can also be helpful in situations where we want to prioritize light saving over image quality. They will be responsible for reducing the transmitted light power and thus manage to reduce energy consumption at the expense of a duller image in certain types of content such as HDR (in general we should not notice much difference in DTT).

Enable screen savers Because this is very important when we leave the TV on without playing content, and if our model has sensors to detect the light in the room, we can also turn them on to automatically control this parameter.

Finally, if we often watch TV at night and tend to fall asleep with the screen on, many models automatic shutdown modes We can program it to stop working after certain hours.

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