Model
Clear Tunes CT-1514S
Rank #3 means 2 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 100th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 100% of those models.
What does the Clear Tunes CT-1514S cost to run per year?
At $4 a year to run, the Clear Tunes CT-1514S is one of the very cheapest television models we track, ranking #3 of 172, in the bottom five percent on cost. Once capacity is factored in, it outperforms 100% of the television models we track on efficiency, near the very top of the normalized ranking. At 9.5 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Emerson ATSC-PM81331 at $3/yr runs a little cheaper and the Clear Tunes CT-1385S at $4/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A television typically stays in service for somewhere around 7 years; over that span, the Clear Tunes CT-1514S's $4/yr adds up to roughly $28 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Clear Tunes CT-1514S normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $4/yr, here is what the Clear Tunes CT-1514S adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Clear Tunes CT-1514S costs about $40. That is roughly $310 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Clear Tunes CT-1514S compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $4/yr, it runs about $31 a year cheaper than the class median of $35, and it is about $1 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 15.55 in, the Clear Tunes CT-1514S is a small television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture. At 9.5 W on-mode (the class spans 9.3 to 343.5 W), its power draw is what ENERGY STAR actually measured to produce this running-cost figure; brightness settings move that wattage more than screen size alone.
- On-mode brightness. The picture mode you leave a TV on, vivid or eco, moves its real-world wattage more than almost anything else you control directly.
- Screen size. A bigger panel needs more backlight or more emissive pixels to reach the same brightness, so energy use climbs with diagonal screen size across most panel technologies.
- Hours of use. ENERGY STAR's on-mode wattage figure assumes a standard number of hours per day; a TV left on longer than that, or used as ambient background noise, accumulates more of that hourly cost.
Common questions
Is the Clear Tunes CT-1514S cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $4 a year it ranks #3 of 172 television models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Clear Tunes CT-1514S cost per month?
Roughly $0.31/mo, spreading the $4/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 20 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $4 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Clear Tunes CT-1514S for its size?
100th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Emerson ATSC-PM8133113.23 in | $3 |
| 1 | Clear Tunes ATSC-PM8133113.23 in | $3 |
Source
ES_1117334_CT-1514S_08162022173330_7338678View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Clear Tunes and CT-1514S are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.