Australia · costs in AUD
LED-backlit LCD · 40"
Philips 40PQT6831/79 TV
Philips 40PQT6831/79 is a 40-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ATV7522).
- Screen size
- 40"
- 100 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 168 kWh
- Label: 187 kWh · 0.05 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $54 / year
- $538 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 46 W
9% less electricity than the median of 349 comparable 40–43 inch TV registrations (205 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 60% of them. At your rates that is about $5 a year less than the median, $52 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 40–43 inch TV sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Philips 40PQT6831 specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 100.3 cm (39.5")
- Screen area
- 4,258 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 46.1 W
- Passive standby power
- –
- Active standby power
- –
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Analogue/Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 187 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.06
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ATV7522
- GEMS registration id
- 181413
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 16 August 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Televisions) Determination 2013
- Test standard
- –
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.