Australia · costs in AUD
LED-backlit LCD · 98"
Sony K-98XR50 TV
Sony K-98XR50 is a 98-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ATV6560).
- Screen size
- 98"
- 248 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Annual electricity use
- 1,303 kWh
- Label: 1,306 kWh · 0.36 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $417 / year
- $4,171 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 356 W · 0.5 W standby
37% more electricity than the median of 91 comparable 95 inch and above TV registrations (955 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 15% of them. At your rates that is about $112 a year more than the median, $1,121 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 95 inch and above 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.
Compare K-98XR50 with another TV
Sony K-98XR50 specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 247.7 cm (97.5")
- Screen area
- 26,210 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 356.4 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.50 W
- Active standby power
- 10.80 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Analogue/Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 1306 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.93
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ATV6560
- GEMS registration id
- 167174
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 February 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Televisions) Determination 2013
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 62087.1:2010
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. Manufacturer: sony.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.