Your Console Sucks Electricity
By Deane Barker on June 10, 2008
Power Bills Soaring? Turn Off The Playstation – Study: This looks like a job for Kill-a-Watt.
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
Can this be true ? I have 2 Xbox Consoles. Will have to unplug them for a test.