Because now and then I wind up in a discussion about power consumption of random electronics I decided to measure the power needs of some random appliances around the house. These are the results:
| On / Powered | Standby / Sleep | |
| 19” CRT monitor | 85W | 0W |
| 17” CRT monitor | 37W | 1W |
| @Home Digital Cable Decoder | 6W | 6W |
| CRT TV 59cm (23”) | 60W | 6W |
| LCD TV 26” (66cm) | 112W | 1W |
Please note that these are just an indication, a similar device you own might have different power needs but this gives you an idea at least. Also the TV’s I measured are relatively old (CRT, 15 years, the LCD 7 years) and modern LCD TV’s use less power but are bigger (so the Watts per inch are lower but the total power usage is larger).