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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 521544" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/consoles/images/playstation-3-grey-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />If you want to save money on electricity bills, then you might want to make sure you unplug your power-hungry PS3, Xbox 360 or plasma television, according to a new Australian survey.</p><p></p><p>Or at least turn them off at source, instead of relying too much on stand-by power via the remote control, as the new study by Choice claims that the Playstation 3 tops the power-guzzler chart, with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and plasma TVs following close behind.</p><p></p><p><strong>Costly, environmentally-unfriendly</strong></p><p></p><p>"Leaving a Playstation 3 on while not in use would cost almost... five times more than it would take to run a refrigerator for the same yearly period," claims the study.</p><p></p><p>"The plasma TV set was also a power hungry device, consuming over four times more power than a traditional analogue set. The average desktop computer was third on the list."</p><p></p><p>The common-sensical conclusion reached by the report was that consumers should get in the habit of not relying on stand-by and instead getting up off the couch and switching off TVs and games consoles at source which "saves on money, not to mention carbon emissions," says Choice’s report.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/ps3-360-and-plasmas-are-biggest-power-guzzlers-379459" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 521544, member: 259515"] [IMG]http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/consoles/images/playstation-3-grey-200-200.jpg[/IMG]If you want to save money on electricity bills, then you might want to make sure you unplug your power-hungry PS3, Xbox 360 or plasma television, according to a new Australian survey. Or at least turn them off at source, instead of relying too much on stand-by power via the remote control, as the new study by Choice claims that the Playstation 3 tops the power-guzzler chart, with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and plasma TVs following close behind. [B]Costly, environmentally-unfriendly[/B] "Leaving a Playstation 3 on while not in use would cost almost... five times more than it would take to run a refrigerator for the same yearly period," claims the study. "The plasma TV set was also a power hungry device, consuming over four times more power than a traditional analogue set. The average desktop computer was third on the list." The common-sensical conclusion reached by the report was that consumers should get in the habit of not relying on stand-by and instead getting up off the couch and switching off TVs and games consoles at source which "saves on money, not to mention carbon emissions," says Choice’s report. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/ps3-360-and-plasmas-are-biggest-power-guzzlers-379459]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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