Cable Boxes Now Largest Electricity Use In Homes

From The New York Times, "Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop" by Elisabeth Rosenthal:

Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with some typical home entertainment configurations eating more power than a new refrigerator and even some central air-conditioning systems.

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