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The combined energy consumption of US televisions and videocassette recorde
rs was about 40 TW h per year in 1998, corresponding to 3.6% of national re
sidential electricity consumption. The average household television energy
consumption was about 310 kW h per year, 23% of which was used while the un
its were not active. The average household videocassette recorder energy us
e was about 100 kW h per year, 95% of which was used while the units were n
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