Australia · costs in AUD
LED-backlit LCD · 50"
Samsung Electronics UA50U8500FS TV
Samsung Electronics UA50U8500FS is a 50-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ATV6580).
- Screen size
- 50"
- 126 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 262 kWh
- Label: 262 kWh · 0.07 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $84 / year
- $837 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 71 W · 0.5 W standby
6% less electricity than the median of 299 comparable 48–50 inch TV registrations (280 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 62% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $58 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 48–50 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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Samsung Electronics UA50U8500FS specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 125.7 cm (49.5")
- Screen area
- 6,755 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 71.0 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.50 W
- Active standby power
- 0.00 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 262 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.38
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ATV6580
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ATV6580
- GEMS registration id
- 167216
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 24 February 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- UA50U**00F*
- 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.