Model
Philips 50HFL4518U/27
Rank #25 means 24 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 89th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 89% of those models.
What does the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 cost to run per year?
Do the math and the Philips 50HFL4518U/27's $21/yr puts it at rank #25 of 172, one of the more affordable television models we track to keep running. Normalized for capacity, it ranks ahead of 89% of television models we track on efficiency, a genuinely strong showing. At 66.9 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg 50QNED80AU* at $21/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg OLED42C6PU* at $22/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 Philips 50HFL4518U/27's $21/yr adds up to roughly $147 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Lg 50QNED80AU*.
By the numbers
The Philips 50HFL4518U/27 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 $21/yr, here is what the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 costs about $210. That is roughly $140 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $21/yr, it runs about $14 a year cheaper than the class median of $35, and it is about $18 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 49.5 in, the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 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. 66.9 W is the on-mode draw behind this figure (the class spans 9.3 to 343.5 W); two otherwise similar TVs can differ here mostly on picture-mode defaults rather than panel technology.
- 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 Philips 50HFL4518U/27 cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $21 a year it ranks #25 of 172 television models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 cost per month?
Roughly $1.77/mo, spreading the $21/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 114 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $21 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Philips 50HFL4518U/27 for its size?
89th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Lg 50QNED80AU*49.5 in | $21 |
| 24 | Lg 43QNED82AU*42.5 in | $20 |
| 23 | Philips 43BFL2214/2742.5 in | $19 |
| 22 | Sansui LE-40TA139.46 in | $19 |
| 21 | Philips 43HFL6214U/2742.5 in | $19 |
Source
ES_1065104_50HFL4518U/27_11212022142452I59_7349927View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Philips and 50HFL4518U/27 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.