Mr. Uprising, sir, tell me: do you have a S/O ? No? No one to bother your about measly watts. Play on, sir.
Reading it, it seems obvious they are talking about when it is on and idle, not when it is off and plugged in. Of course, it will still take some juice plugged in and off, but they are comparing being on and idle vs on and being used.
haha, I thought it was about energy efficiency in children, as in games took up their energy That's what i get for only reading the headline and looking at the picture of zombie kids
Funny. I also saw an article lately, I'd post the link if I knew it, that said something about game systems catching fire after being on too long. Interestingly, they make a comparison of games that are left on CONTINUALLY FOR A YEAR being equal to two refrigerators. Look, I'm sure some people might leave the game on occasionally, but isn't it safe to assume that no one would leave one of these on for a year? And really, I mean, how many other things rank up with a fridge when you leave them on continually for a year? A blow dryer perhaps? Shall we make a list? Just postulating. What do I know, I don't own one of those systems? Oh wait, I just bough my kid a wii for Christmas. I better go make sure it's off.
If you tried to leave your video game system on for a year straight, it would probably explode before the year was even over.
appliances that uses d/c current (which is practically everything) draws a small amount of electricity even when off. it's how the ac/dc converter or transformer block works.
