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HELP!! I have over $1200 in Sony card points which will expire end of December!!

Okay, please don’t LOL so hard that you can’t breathe to help me but this will be my first widescreen TV. Though money is no issue, I’ve always watched 4:3 (1.33:1) and widescreen aspect ratio content in my bedroom on a 32” Toshiba CRT TV, 11 ft away.

But now’s the time for a 65” widescreen in my living room.

While not a deal breaker, power consumption is important.

Currently, even the oldest Sony OLED model

https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/xr65a75l

still draws 438w vs. 444w for the best model.

https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/xr65a95l

Sony’s best Mini LED draws 345w

https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/k65xr90
vs. 359w for the second-best Mini LED.

https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/xr65x93l
vs. 281w for the third best Mini LED.

https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/k65xr70

Sony’s best LED draws 265w.

https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/all-tvs/p/xr65x90l

Thus, how can this report possibly claim that OLED is best for energy savings?
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/i-changed-these-5-soundbar-settings-for-a-better-tv-viewing-and-audio-experience/

Here's my other than typical situation and priorities:

1/) The sound system which I will use in place of the TV’s audio will draw ~ 525w. Though far less than what many audiophile systems consume, there’s also the TV’s power draw while running for two to three hours or so. And though I have central AC, my sweet-sounding Class A biased stereo amp plus the TV may generate considerably noticeable heat.

2/) I don’t subscribe to any pay TV, but I’m a big collector of DVDs and 2K BDs, so I want a TV with an excellent upscaling processor. And I’m also a big film noir genre fan, so deep black levels are essential. Of course, 4K TV is wasted on me as I have next to no 4K discs and don’t plan on buying more than I’d need to. Thus, if those bums from Sony didn’t kill off 1080p TV I could have enjoyed great optical disc picture quality and way better energy savings.

3/) Question: While Sony doesn’t state or imply this in the specs, are the power consumption numbers with Sony TVs adjusted to maximum, normal or low brightness settings?

About the only good news(??) is that I keep my living room dimly lit, though I’ve never measured the room’s ambient light. There are only three windows in the room; bay windows ~ 40” x 4 ft each. Black curtains are usually kept drawn over them, but there’s still plenty of light to see where you’re walking in the room.

So how can power consumption vs TV brightness settings vs. room’s ambient light be optimized for best energy savings @ ~ 11 ft away? And how then can that power draw number help me buy the best 65” Sony TV for me?
 

[craigmcg]

Forgive me for answering questions with a question but I don't understand why you're concerned with the TV's power consumption if you're using Class A audio which is 75% inefficient (75% of energy used is heat not sound). What am I missing?

I made the switch from Panasonic Gaoo CRT tvs to Panasonic 1080P plasma tvs 10-15 years ago and will keep them until they die (my hearing at 59 is better than my sight) so I get the resistance to 4k. I can tell you that my plasma tvs throw way more heat (the video equivalent of class A lol) than led/qled/oled tvs. I also use my pcs as the sources for for video (whether rips or discs) and my gut says that any pc with a decent graphics card will handle upscaling better than the processor in any 4K tv. My research on tvs in preparation for the sad day when I have to replace one or both of my plasma tells me that OLED tvs produce the best contrast (plasma's strength) as well as brightness (lcd/led's strength).

Pending more information, my recommendation would be to go for an AMOLED 4k tv as it seems to be the closest to plasmas which were the best in dimly lit rooms.

Happy Hunting!