Reuters has posted a story on a Australian consumer agency study that is pointing it's finger at game consoles and plasma TV's as the number 1 source of household electronics electricity consumption and even went as far as to say "Australian consumer agency study has found that video game consoles and plasma flat-screen TVs are major electricity guzzlers, even when left on stand-by."



"The recent study by Choice said Sony Corp's Playstation 3, closely followed by Microsoft's Xbox 360 and plasma television sets, consumed the most power out of a list of 16 electronic devices tested, including laptops, stereo systems and DVD players."

"Our tests found that 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," said the study which was published on Choice's website www.choice.com.au.

And just to round out the report "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."

So keep in mind when you get your bill that keeping your TV and console in standby is costing you more then you think.

News-Source: Reuters.com