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Originally Posted by Geoff Bourquin
...is standby power. I have a Mitsubishi DLP from 2004. The silly thing uses about 60 watts when it is off. There is a fan on the chassis that runs 24/7 to keep it from overheating. I'm pretty sure that they cut that back a lot in their second generation DLPs. In the summer that's wasted power, but in the winter it contributes to keeping the house warm, so I don't worry too much about it.
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Things have improved since 2004. I can't even measure the standby power of my 2008 model year Sony LCD set, as it is so low it does not register on my Kill-A-Watt meter. Speaking of Mitsubishi DLP, I still remember a friend calling me on New Years Eve a couple of years ago in a panic trying to find a replacement lamp for their 2004-05 model Mitsu DLP set as the lamp had just died and I was working for a Mitsu-authorized service center at the time (like I can go up there at 9PM open the shop and grab a lamp from stock
sorry.. ). He seems to get 3000-4000 hrs out of each one. Pretty expensive to run one of older Mitsu DLP sets.
11-23-2009, 10:03 AM
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