New Zealand · costs in NZD
LED-backlit LCD · 50"
Samsung Electronics UA50U8500HS TV
Samsung Electronics UA50U8500HS is a 50-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ATV7085).
- 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
- $86 / year
- $864 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 71 W · 0.5 W standby
8% less electricity than the median of 279 comparable 48–50 inch TV registrations (284 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 67% of them. At your rates that is about $7 a year less than the median, $73 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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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 UA50U8500HS 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 ATV7085
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ATV7085
- GEMS registration id
- 175784
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 11 January 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- UA50U8*00H*
- 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.