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Costs for 0.283 €/kWh · Eurostat 2026 H1

Monitors · 27″ · 1920×1080 · LED LCD

Acer CSA272

E

Uses less electricity than 59% of the 4,819 monitors, 24–31″ on the EU register. At your selected price (European Union) that is €7 a year, €74 over ten years.

Power, SDR
18.0 W
Typical 21 W
Running cost
€7 / year
4 h a day
Power, HDR
18.0 W
1.0× SDR

Near the middle of its group: 12 % below the typical 30 kWh. Class E is the most common class in this group (49% of models). On-mode power in SDR is 18.0 W; the typical screen of this size draws 20.5 W. Acer has 536 models in this group; this one is number 163 among them.

Where it stands

Rank 1,399 of 4,819 monitors, 24–31″ by yearly consumption. 1,398 use less.

Median 30 This model · 26 5 115 kWh ← uses less · uses more →

Next to it in the ranking

  1. E Cepter C24PULSE2 26 kWh same
  2. E Voxicon D24FAPK 26 kWh same
  3. E Acer CSA272 26 kWh
  4. E MSI MAG 256F 26 kWh same
  5. E Kruger&Matz KM0198-M24 26 kWh same
See the full ranking

What it will cost you

Period CSA272 TG-S10 PRO Difference
1 year €7 €2 −€5
5 years €37 €11 −€26
10 years €74 €22 −€53
15 years €112 €32 −€79

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Years of use

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Power in SDR and HDR

SDR 18.0 W
HDR 18.0 W
Group median, SDR 20.5 W

Cost by viewing time

Use kWh / yr € / yr
2 hours a day 13 €4
4 hours a day 26 €7
8 hours a day 53 €15

Same size, lower running cost

On sale, at least 10% less energy, same size group

Model SizeSDR W kWh / yr Saves / year in 10 years
E Acer CSA272 (this model)
27″18.0 26 — —
A Teamgee TG-S10 PRO compare
28″5.2 8 €5 €53
C Changhong audio-visual electronic products M-27LKF1Q165 compare
27″7.0 10 €5 €46
A Philips 27B2G5200 compare
27″7.0 10 €5 €46
C Changhong audio-visual electronic products M-27LFK4P60 compare
27″7.0 10 €5 €46
A Dusun UP27001,UP27002,UP27003,UP27004,UP27005 compare
27″8.0 12 €4 €41

Label and product sheet

Energy class SDR / HDR
E / E
On-mode power SDR
18.0 W
On-mode power HDR
18.0 W
Standby / networked standby
0.5 W / 2.0 W
Screen diagonal
27″
Resolution
1920×1080
Panel
LED LCD
Refresh rate
60 Hz
Software updates (minimum)
8 years
Guarantee (supplier)
2 years
Spare parts (minimum)
7 years

Model numbers and history

Registered by Acer under one model number.

CSA272

  1. Placed on the EU market
  2. First published in the EU register (EPREL)

Questions

How much does the Acer CSA272 cost to run?

At 4 hours a day it uses about 26 kWh a year according to its EU energy label. At the EU average household price of 0.283 €/kWh that is about €7 a year, or €74 over ten years.

Does HDR use more electricity?

Yes. In HDR mode this screen draws 18.0 W instead of 18.0 W, 1.0 times as much. The yearly cost on this page uses SDR, as the label does.