On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:17:28 GMT, "John"
wrote:

At the place where I work they are embarking on a campaign on energy
reduction (no issues here) but they keep beating on about TVs left on
standby. Apparently it is going to destroy the planet.

I checked my 4 year old (CRT) TV - it claims to use only 0.8 of a watt on
standby. I guess this is becoming typical - and I only use standby if I
switch off during normal viewing times (so it is completely off between bed
time and early evening) Yet the publicity being used claims £50 per
household for stuff on standby.

Anything like this sold into the Japanese market must have a standby
power of less than a watt:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=japanese+standby+1W&btnG=Google+Sea rch&meta=

Whereas we in the UK accept any old crap I expect.

cheers,
Pete.