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> I measured the standby power consumption on my set, and it uses an extreme 23 W, or 200 kWh per year For context, this would be approx 10% of the average consumption of a German...
> My Apple TV uses 1.2 W in standby
> Have anyone else measured their set and seen similar figures? Any way to lower it? > I tried setting Eco to high, and that lowered it by a whopping 0.5 W in standby to 22.5...
> edit: According to the specs, it's supposed to draw 0.5 W in standby? What is going on? > https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/televisions-project...
> Thanks, I had already turned off remote start (it lowered standby by 0.5 W). Remote Device Settings did not affect it much either
> I reset the TV to factory settings, set it up without logging in to Google, and declining all privacy policies and "extra" services. Still idling around 23 W
> After some trial and error, disconnecting the ethernet cable seems to be the trick. Then the TV is able to idle at 0.5 W after a few minutes
> Something must be terribly wrong with the software though, that keeps the SoC active if it has internet connectivity? I found in the Norwegian specs that "network standby" should draw only 1 W
> I'm no longer using the smart features after I upgraded to an Apple TV last year, so in principle this is not a problem for me to lose Chromecast, but it is quite irresponsible of Sony to have such buggy firmware
[EDIT: I forgot to include the concluding post:]
> Indeed, I disabled Chromecast from the app menu and then the SoC is powering down to the 0.5-1W levels after a minute or so
> So to summarize: > If the TV has a network connection and Chromecast is enabled, the SoC is not powering down such that the set idles at roughly 25W instead of the 0.5-1W per the specifications
> This is not good if it applies to more people than me, as each set would consume about 200 kWh per year in standby
> German households consume 130 TWh electricity per year, or 1500 kWh per person. So this is sizeable in an European setting, and would help tremendously with the electricity saving targets that may come this winter due to the war
> Now, how to get the attention of Sony and Google to fix this? This may even be in breach of the ecodesign guidelines!
by eisa01