Model
Philips 65HFL5214U/27
Rank #64 means 63 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 82nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 82% of those models.
What does the Philips 65HFL5214U/27 cost to run per year?
Do the math and the Philips 65HFL5214U/27's $30/yr puts it at rank #64 of 172, on the cheaper side of the class. Adjusted for its size, it is more efficient than 82% of television models we track, a strong result once size is taken into account. At 126.8 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung QN48S85HAE at $29/yr runs a little cheaper and the Sansui LE-55VO at $30/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 65HFL5214U/27's $30/yr adds up to roughly $210 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Philips 65HFL5214U/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 $30/yr, here is what the Philips 65HFL5214U/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 65HFL5214U/27 costs about $300. That is roughly $50 less than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Philips 65HFL5214U/27 compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $30/yr, it runs about $5 a year cheaper than the class median of $35, and it is about $27 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 64.5 in, the Philips 65HFL5214U/27 is a mid-size television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, neither the size advantage of a small unit nor the size penalty of a large one applies here, so its running cost is a fairer test of efficiency alone. 126.8 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 65HFL5214U/27 cheap to run?
Yes, relatively. At $30 a year it ranks #64 of 172 television models we track, in the cheaper part of its class to run.
How much does the Philips 65HFL5214U/27 cost per month?
Roughly $2.47/mo, spreading the $30/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 159 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $30 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Philips 65HFL5214U/27 for its size?
82nd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | Samsung QN48S85HAE47.5 in | $29 |
| 62 | Xitrix XPN-DSA555054.64 in | $29 |
| 61 | Lg OLED48C4PU*47.5 in | $29 |
| 60 | Samsung QN48S90DAE47.5 in | $28 |
| 59 | Lg OLED48B4PU*47.5 in | $28 |
Source
ES_1065104_65HFL5214U/27_1020202214246I20_7349927View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Philips and 65HFL5214U/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.