Fujitsu has been forced to make an embarrassing U-turn over the specs for a
flagship 63in plasma screen, after an eco-site calculated it would cost more
than £600 a year to run.
Fujitsu originally said its 63in P63XHA40 plasma screen consumes 1,806W in
its technical specification sheets. Using this data, energy conservation website
Sust-it worked out how
much it would add a household's annual electricity bill.
The big TV costs £8,699 to buy and following Sust-it's revelations Fujitsu
revised the power consumption to 605W, resulting in yearly running costs of
£209.
In a statement Sust-it said: "This still seems a high price to pay to for
watching your favourite TV programmes. Fujitsu blamed the published errors on
technical issues regarding voltage conversions from 100v to 240v."
Ross Lammas,
Sust-it site owner, told PCW: "If manufacturers could bring
out lower-consumption screens it would be a lot better."
The figures are based on six hours a day usage, 365 days a year and energy
costs of 15.8p per kilowatt hour, although Lammas admitted energy costs can be
lower.
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