Australia · costs in AUD
LED-backlit LCD · 55"
Samsung Electronics UA55U8500HS TV
Samsung Electronics UA55U8500HS is a 55-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ATV7065).
- Screen size
- 55"
- 139 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Annual electricity use
- 291 kWh
- Label: 291 kWh · 0.08 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $93 / year
- $931 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 79 W · 0.5 W standby
16% less electricity than the median of 454 comparable 55 inch TV registrations (346 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 80% of them. At your rates that is about $18 a year less than the median, $176 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 55 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 UA55U8500HS specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 138.8 cm (54.6")
- Screen area
- 8,230 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 79.0 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.50 W
- Active standby power
- 0.00 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 291 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.72
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
Other model numbers on registration ATV7065
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ATV7065
- GEMS registration id
- 175870
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 7 January 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- UA55U8*00H*
- 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.