TV TrickleSaver turns your console off when the TV is off.
Even when our consoles are on standby, they still use electricity. According to green gadget maker TrickleStar, the PS3 will burn off the equivalent of $250 over a year spent in standby, with the 360 doing only slightly better. The Wii, thankfully, uses ten times less than the PS3, which is great for Nintendo, when they are not ranking last on Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics.
Ultimately, one option is to just unplug the console in question when not in use, but as someone who has tried this method, I can vouch that it just doesn't work. I plainly forget each day, and the hassle of reaching around the TV to plug and unplug my 360, for example, is as obnoxious as ELF members on a street corner asking for "only $15 a month to help save our planet".
That's why TrickleStar announced this weird little device, the TV TrickleSaver. Designed with game consoles in mind (but usable for any device with an electrical plug), this stupidly-named adapter acts as an electrical barrier to your game consoles when your TV is turned off. Sure, it's expensive at 35 bucks, and it means that all passive actions your console performs (downloads, recharging controllers, etc.) cannot be done without the TV on, but it's one price you can pay if you want to be a greener gamer. Or you can just unplug the damn thing each night.
Ultimately, one option is to just unplug the console in question when not in use, but as someone who has tried this method, I can vouch that it just doesn't work. I plainly forget each day, and the hassle of reaching around the TV to plug and unplug my 360, for example, is as obnoxious as ELF members on a street corner asking for "only $15 a month to help save our planet".
That's why TrickleStar announced this weird little device, the TV TrickleSaver. Designed with game consoles in mind (but usable for any device with an electrical plug), this stupidly-named adapter acts as an electrical barrier to your game consoles when your TV is turned off. Sure, it's expensive at 35 bucks, and it means that all passive actions your console performs (downloads, recharging controllers, etc.) cannot be done without the TV on, but it's one price you can pay if you want to be a greener gamer. Or you can just unplug the damn thing each night.
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You could just plug your game console into a clapper. that would stop the standby from drawing any power as well. Likely cheaper too.
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this does seem like an interesting idea. i wonder if the powering up from a zero power state would have any effect on the console itself. for 360 you would have to turn on the tv before the controllers would turn on the console. strange indeed
