New Zealand · costs in NZD
OLED · 42"
Sony XR-42A90K TV
Sony XR-42A90K is a 42-inch OLED television registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ATV4963).
- Screen size
- 42"
- 106 cm, OLED
- Energy rating
- 4
- Annual electricity use
- 251 kWh
- Label: 256 kWh · 0.07 kWh per hour on
- Estimated running cost
- $83 / year
- $827 over 10 years
- Power when on
- 68 W · 0.5 W standby
21% more electricity than the median of 311 comparable 40–43 inch TV registrations (212 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 21% of them. At your rates that is about $14 a year more than the median, $142 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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Sony XR-42A90K specifications
- Screen size (diagonal)
- 105.5 cm (41.5")
- Screen area
- 4,756 cm²
- Screen technology
- OLED
- On-mode power
- 68.0 W
- Passive standby power
- 0.50 W
- Active standby power
- 22.00 W
- Power supply
- Internal
- Tuner
- Analogue/Digital
- Annual energy (label)
- 256 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.09
- Country of manufacture
- Malaysia
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ATV4963
- GEMS registration id
- 145052
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 28 February 2027
- 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: 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. Manufacturer: sony.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.