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You could propably return it as defective. At least in EU there is a regulation about maximal standby power usage.

How would you even go about this though? What store will accept a return “because it consumes too much power when off?” They most likely don’t even have tools available to verify the claim.

Even if you ship it to Sony, when will you see your refund?

Yes, if you took it to the store you bought it from either with a print off of the relevant parts of thst thread, or my smart plugs also show power consumption, I could screen shot that and take it in.

I honestly don't think you'd have an issue at all doing that in the UK at any of the main highstreet electronic stores, or somewhere like John Lewis.

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