Playstation 3 uses five times more power than your fridge...

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Published Jul 7, 2008 Oh, and that is in standby mode. Research from Australia finds other power hungry consumer electronics.

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Falcon01

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 7:56 AM

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Wow. Incredible for such small devices but I guess with all the computing power they both have (PS3 and XBOX 360) it kinda makes sense.

John J. Puccio

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 11:40 AM

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Yeah, but does it have a freezer compartment? Or a vegetable keeper? Ha! I'll keep the old fridge.

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ReaggieP

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 11:46 AM

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Geeze it must be that Toshiba Cell Spurs Engine hard at work!

wolvinator

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 12:42 PM

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Well, xbox 360 is starting production of the third revision (third motherboard with lower power consumption chips) which should cut down significantly on the power usage. It's called the Jasper I believe. I think someone here mentioned this before. August is the start date for that production so if you havn't gotten one yet and want to...wait a bit longer, lol.

rangoonth

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 12:56 PM

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Yeah I brought up info about the Jasper motherboard when a pricedrop was mentioned. The old 360's consumed alot of power.

Falcon01

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 1:11 PM

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Have you seen the massive brick the 360's have attached to their powercords? That thing alone looks like a small generator.

kucoloco

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 1:56 PM

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keep in mind the fridge is on 24/7 .. 365days/yr

i game, 2-3 hrs a day, about 3 days a week. some weeks i dont play at all, im sure some game doble what i do, but then again they rest, or get grounded. lol so fridge is always on!

richiro33

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 2:08 PM

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Fridges dont use as much power as you would think.

Also my ps3 is like at least 8 times as fun as my fridge so I think its a good deal.

Falcon01

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 2:19 PM

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Don't forget that it states this energy consumption is when the game consoles are in standby mode. I'm guessing when you play a game or watch a movie/video the consumption goes up a lot higher.

steveo73

Jul 7, 2008 - CDT 2:27 PM

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I just flip the switch on the PS3 to OFF when I'm not using it.

Problem solved.

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