New Zealand · costs in NZD
LED-backlit LCD · 48"
Samsung Electronics QA48S90FAE TV
Samsung Electronics QA48S90FAE is a 48-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ATV6472).
- Screen size
- 48"
- 121 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Annual electricity use
- 291 kWh
- Label: 291 kWh · 0.08 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $96 / year
- $960 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 79 W · 0.5 W standby
3% more electricity than the median of 279 comparable 48–50 inch TV registrations (284 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 40% of them. At your rates that is about $2 a year more than the median, $23 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 48–50 inch TV sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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| Philips 49HFL5011T/1249"175 kWh/yr | 7 | $58 | |
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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 QA48S90DAE48"295 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $97 | |
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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 QA48S90FAE specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 120.7 cm (47.5")
- Screen area
- 6,227 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
- 4.58
- Country of manufacture
- Vietnam
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ATV6472
- GEMS registration id
- 166555
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 14 January 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Televisions) Determination 2013
- Test standard
- –
Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.