New Zealand · costs in NZD
LED-backlit LCD · 42"
Sharp 2T-C42EG1X TV
Sharp 2T-C42EG1X is a 42-inch LED-backlit LCD television registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ATV5298).
- Screen size
- 42"
- 105 cm, LED-backlit LCD
- Energy rating
- 5
- Annual electricity use
- 196 kWh
- Label: 197 kWh · 0.05 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $65 / year
- $646 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 53 W · 0.4 W standby
7% less electricity than the median of 311 comparable 40–43 inch TV registrations (212 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 58% of them. At your rates that is about $5 a year less than the median, $49 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 40–43 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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Sharp 2T-C42EG1X specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 105.4 cm (41.5")
- Screen area
- 4,683 cm²
- Screen technology
- LED-backlit LCD
- On-mode power
- 53.0 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.44 W
- Active standby power
- 6.00 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Analogue/Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 197 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.20
- Country of manufacture
- Malaysia
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ATV5298
- GEMS registration id
- 150945
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 13 November 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Televisions) Determination 2013
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 62087.1:2010
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.