On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:28:20 -0000, John wrote:

I can't see how total standby can exceed actual viewing consumption -
this sounds even more like eco bollox!

Viewing say 4hrs in the evening @ 80W = 320Whrs. There are 20hrs left of
the day in standby, if that standby power is 16W then the set will use
more power in standby than it does for viewing.

As has already been pointed out modern kit has very low standby powers
(1W) but older stuff could well have 16W.

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Cheers
Dave.