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TMI BlogI&B Ministry Clarifies on Power Consumption by Cable STB Cable STBs consume less power than a CFL lightX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... I&B Ministry Clarifies on Power Consumption by Cable STB Cable STBs consume less power than a CFL light - News and Press Release Dated:- 8-10-2012 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 08-October-2012 15:05 IST Recently, it has been reported in some sections of the press that Digitisation of cable TV would result in huge power consumption by th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Set Top Boxes (STBs). It has been wrongly informed that the cable STBs consumes 20 watts of power. STBs of a number of makes and models are supplied by Multi System and Local Cable Operators. Power consumption of various types of cable STBs in use are indicated in Table 1 below. As may be seen from the table a cable STB consumes only about 8 watts of power. This power consumption by an STB is e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ven less than that of CFL light . Table 1: Power rating of cable Set Top Boxes of different makes STBs Make Model Power consumption (Watts) 1 Active mode Standby mode Den Entertainment Networks Skyworth 7000 8 7 Skyworth 7600 8 7 Skyworth 7631 8 7 DigiCable ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Indieon LDCA 1000 5.4 4.5 Changhong C8899C0 7.5 6.9 Skyworth C371N EN 10 8 IMCL SD STB 12 10 MyBox 7.5 6.9 Hathway Datacom Skyworth 9000 8 7 HUMA ND-1200C 15 5 WWIL Handon 1002C 6.5 5.8 Handon ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1041C 6.5 5.8 Arion 5012S 7.5 6.9 Changhong C8899C0 7.5 6.9 MyBox 7.5 6.9 1 Source : Product leaflets of manufacturers Power consumption of different electrical household items is indicated in Table 2 below. Table 2: Power consumption by different household appliances Consumer Devices ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Model Power Consumption (Watts) 2 Fridge 210 Liters 270 Cooler (Desert) Bajaj DC 2012 200 Television Sony KV-SZ292M88 CRT - 29 138 Television LG 14D7RBA CRT 80 Television Sony KLV 20S400A LCD 60 Television Sony KDL 26EX550 LCD 50 Fan Cromp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ton Greaves 56 80 Fan Orient 32 Table Fan 70 PC (Computer) HP V185E 60 PC (Computer) Monitor 17 80 Light Bulb Incandescent 100 DVD Player Sony BDP S350 26 Light Fluorescent Tube 50 Light CFL 10 STB Average for Cable TV ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 8 2 Source : Product leaflets of manufacturers and NPCL website As may be seen from the above table TVs, fans and tube lights each consume about 60 watts of power against the power of 8 watts consumed by a STB. Therefore if a person is watching TV for one hour by keeping on a fan and a tube light in the room, then electricity consumed by these three items in one hour wou ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ld be more than the power consumed by a STB even if it is kept on for 24 hours. In other words, a STB would consume about only one-fifth of a unit of electricity in a day against 1.5 units consumed by a fan, a TV or a tube light. Similarly a household fridge consumes on an average 4-5 units of electricity per day which is more than 20 times of the power consumed by a STB in a day. Thus cable STBs ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... consume very nominal electricity to the tune of 5-6 units in a month which is insignificant in comparison with the electricity consumed by other electric appliances in a house. Digitisation will offer huge benefits to consumers in terms of providing superior quality of picture and sound, choice of channels from a large bouquet, movies and games on-demand etc. These benefits will be available to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... consumers at nominal electricity consumption. In most homes STBs are generally not switched off. They are kept on standby mode even when the TV is not being watched so as to avoid the time taken by the STB to reboot and to bring the telecast back on the screen from switch-off mode. Power consumption in standby mode is even lesser. The above information is issued in public interest by the Mini ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... stry of Information and Broadcasting. ***** CP/ST - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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