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My cheap TCL TV has an instant-on mode, but it does use more power. Phones don't start up instantly from being fully powered off, either.
by organsnyder 3y ago
My cheap TCL TV has an instant-on mode, but it does use more power. Phones don't start up instantly from being fully powered off, either.
- brigade 3y agoNo, but unlike TVs they consume mere tens of milliwatts when the display is off (most of it going to maintaining the cellular connection), and their batteries would be dead within a couple hours if they used as much power as TVs are allowed to suck when "off" It's certainly possible for a TV to be ready to be fully on within a second while consuming <1W; monitors do it all the time. But TV makers barely have the software expertise to respond to button presses within a second when on; developing responsive low power states is an order of magnitude harder.
- tempestn 3y agoMost large TV makers make smartphones too, so I doubt software expertise is the issue. Probably more about market forces. (Consumers don't generally differentiate TVs based on startup speed.)