is my tv power hungry?
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Raverbaby said:
1KWh (kilowatt hour) is approx 20p (depends on what tariff your on)
so its going to cost you roughly 7p per hour.
These are very rough calculations, if your curious about your electricity usage you can get a usage meter for around £20, or sometimes free from your supplier.
i dont understand how different tariffs with the same energy provider can charge you more per hour? is it depending on if you use your electricity in bursts or all day constant or something?so its going to cost you roughly 7p per hour.
These are very rough calculations, if your curious about your electricity usage you can get a usage meter for around £20, or sometimes free from your supplier.
jamie128 said:
Raverbaby said:
1KWh (kilowatt hour) is approx 20p (depends on what tariff your on)
so its going to cost you roughly 7p per hour.
These are very rough calculations, if your curious about your electricity usage you can get a usage meter for around £20, or sometimes free from your supplier.
i dont understand how different tariffs with the same energy provider can charge you more per hour? is it depending on if you use your electricity in bursts or all day constant or something?so its going to cost you roughly 7p per hour.
These are very rough calculations, if your curious about your electricity usage you can get a usage meter for around £20, or sometimes free from your supplier.
jamie128 said:
ooo bloody hell ive just found out hitatchi are closing thier last factory in september this year, does this mean i wont be able to get my tv repaired if its breaks in a few years? as there wont be any parts about?
I wouldn't worry - for £300, just get a new one! As it happens, I mounted my new 32" LED LCD Samsung TV on my bedroom wall last night and noticed the little sticker on the back stating its typical power consumption was 39w. Rather good I thought!David87 said:
I wouldn't worry - for £300, just get a new one! As it happens, I mounted my new 32" LED LCD Samsung TV on my bedroom wall last night and noticed the little sticker on the back stating its typical power consumption was 39w. Rather good I thought!
id rather not just get a new one when it breaks lol, will hitatchi parts still be available?jamie128 said:
d rather not just get a new one when it breaks lol, will hitatchi parts still be available?
Jesus Christ, relax, it's not going to break any time soon, it'll be obsolete before it goes wrong. Even if it does break, what replaceable "parts" do you think a modern TV has anyway? There's not much in there that can be taken out and replaced, electronic stuff today is disposable by design.OP, don't want to worry you but you've bought one of the most unreliable TV brands out there, just do a google for Hitachi TV failures. They generally fail after 12 months so outside the warranty period. That's why Hitachi are getting out of TV production, their brand has been tarnished. Oh and forget getting spare parts.
Plus make sure you switch the TV off at the wall in case it catches fire.
Plus make sure you switch the TV off at the wall in case it catches fire.
cjs said:
OP, don't want to worry you but you've bought one of the most unreliable TV brands out there, just do a google for Hitachi TV failures. They generally fail after 12 months so outside the warranty period. That's why Hitachi are getting out of TV production, their brand has been tarnished. Oh and forget getting spare parts.
Plus make sure you switch the TV off at the wall in case it catches fire.
this tv has really good reviews, only 5/300 people reported fault and that was within the first day or two so a manufacturing fault, are you being sarcastic?Plus make sure you switch the TV off at the wall in case it catches fire.
TV's as a whole are the most unreliable electronic products, they suffer with high mumbers of infant mortality, if they work for a couple of months they normally work for ever, most TV manafacturers make little or no money, most panel manafacturers are struggling, the industry romours are that the panel manufacturers are being subsidised and it's all about to stop. So TV's will become more expensive and there will be room to improve profits and the dire MTBF numbers.
I had an orion and that failed to turn on and I was told it's economically not worth a repair. I have two low-wattage LED Samsungs which are much better anyway and at less than 40w will probably pay for themselves before they too fail.
Sadly, it's no bad thing. I have an original X-Box that still functions, my DVD player is a SCART connection as is my ordinary Sky box. While my crap orion had two SCARTS that were able to differentiate between SKY and DVD player automatically, the new TV has one SCART so I had to buy a manula box to switch between the two.
Technology marches relentlessly on. It doesn't always get better but you have to follow.
Sadly, it's no bad thing. I have an original X-Box that still functions, my DVD player is a SCART connection as is my ordinary Sky box. While my crap orion had two SCARTS that were able to differentiate between SKY and DVD player automatically, the new TV has one SCART so I had to buy a manula box to switch between the two.
Technology marches relentlessly on. It doesn't always get better but you have to follow.
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