Toshiba posts articles on its website which suggests ways of
cleverly using the power-saving functions of products pri-marily designed for home use, such as PCs, TV sets, air con-ditioning systems, refrigerators, and washing machines with
dryers. Tips for power-saving are given for each product. In
addition, the website provides detailed information on pow-er saving for PCs and Blu-ray disk recorders. For example,
power-saving measures for PCs include eco-mode, which
enables users to optimally conserve electricity using Toshi-ba’s proprietary eco-utility functions, and Toshiba peak-shift
control. For Blu-ray disk recorders, available functions in-clude energy-saving standby functions, which reduce power
consumption during time periods other than those set for
instant activation, and Auto Off functions, which automati-cally switch the recorder off when it is not in use