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Default Samsung TV's Ambient mode - TV ad



"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 31 May 2018 18:41:43 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 31/05/2018 17:46, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
It suggests that the TV can put on its display, a copy of the wallpaper
hidden behind and by the TV, so that the TV became less visible - if I
am understanding the ad properly? That suggests the TV will need to be
on and operating at least its display all the time - Might not that be
a
tremendous waste of power and to be discouraged?


Supposedly about 30% of the normal operating power. However they include
occupancy sensors, and so switch to standby (0.4W) when they figure no
one is about to look at them.


I wonder if such a system would detect my cat sitting on the sofa in front
of the TV.


Yep, you need different ones that dont see the pets.