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Your comment made me check my own (LG Ultrafine 5k) and it’s 140W… That’s crazy. I love this monitor, but am interested in a high quality, lower power option if anyone knows of one.

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Did you really measure these 140 W or does the power brick says 140 W?

My LG monitor has a brick that goes to 65W, but the measured power consumption is ~20W at the wall. ~12W in short idle (screen turned off less than ~1 min ago). ~0W in deep sleep, which is where it spends most of its time.

I am running on minimum brightness, since I'm indoors.

Crazy? At 20 cents/kWh, running it for 12 hours a day costs 34 cents per day or $123/year.

My entire house idles at 500W.

That includes two fridges, a freezer, a NAS, multiple internet uplinks, lighting, an always-on desktop, a half-dozen IoT gizmos and five wireless access points.

The house averages 1-2 kW (including laundry, water heater, water treatment, hvac, dishwasher, oven, cooktop, etc).

A 140W monitor would meaningfully increase these numbers.

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