Toshiba 42SL417U LED LCD HDTV Review

Power Consumption

The Toshiba 42SL417U arrives with an Energy Star sticker right on the front and it certainly deserves it. At the minimum recommended backlight setting it would cost only $12.69, approximately. Even at maximum backlight it's only $17.28 per year.

That compares very favorably to last year's Toshiba 46XV648U and the Samsung LN46D550, both LCDs like the Toshiba 42SL417U. The Panasonic TC-P42X3 is a plasma, which typically require more power, though the X3 was particularly power efficient.