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That Giant Sucking Sound May Be Your new TV Nomen Nescio 12-14-07
Posted by Nomen Nescio on December 14, 2007, 2:40 pm
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"Flat-Panel Displays Devour Power, Even Before Add-Ons; Energy Star
Blurs the Picture"

Wall Street Journal article: http://301url.com/fnk


Posted by Wes Newell on December 14, 2007, 6:40 pm
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:40:03 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:

> "Flat-Panel Displays Devour Power, Even Before Add-Ons; Energy Star
> Blurs the Picture"
>
> Wall Street Journal article: http://301url.com/fnk

Give me a break. The article might well be in fiction story book. And I'm
supposed to believe what Rebecca says? Most men tech writers are
technically challenged, Rebecca, come on. Well, yes Rebecca, when you
compare a 28" crt TV to a 42" LCD TV, the LCD TV with twice the viewing
area and almost 4 times the resolution will use more power overall, but if
you break it down to power per pixel, it uses far less than even the
smaller crt screen. And an orange will also produce more electricity than
an apple.

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Posted by Matthew L. Martin on December 14, 2007, 6:45 pm
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Wes Newell wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:40:03 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>
>> "Flat-Panel Displays Devour Power, Even Before Add-Ons; Energy Star
>> Blurs the Picture"
>>
>> Wall Street Journal article: http://301url.com/fnk
>
> Give me a break. The article might well be in fiction story book. And I'm
> supposed to believe what Rebecca says? Most men tech writers are
> technically challenged, Rebecca, come on. Well, yes Rebecca, when you
> compare a 28" crt TV to a 42" LCD TV, the LCD TV with twice the viewing
> area and almost 4 times the resolution will use more power overall, but if
> you break it down to power per pixel, it uses far less than even the
> smaller crt screen. And an orange will also produce more electricity than
> an apple.
>

I would wager that most people care about the bottom line of their
electric bill more than they care about power per pixel.

Matthew

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Posted by Rick on December 15, 2007, 10:50 am
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> Wes Newell wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:40:03 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>>
>> Give me a break. The article might well be in fiction story book. And
>> I'm supposed to believe what Rebecca says? Most men tech writers are
>> technically challenged, Rebecca, come on. Well, yes Rebecca, when you
>> compare a 28" crt TV to a 42" LCD TV, the LCD TV with twice the
>> viewing area and almost 4 times the resolution will use more power
>> overall, but if you break it down to power per pixel, it uses far
>> less than even the smaller crt screen. And an orange will also
>> produce more electricity than an apple.
>
> I would wager that most people care about the bottom line of their
> electric bill more than they care about power per pixel.


It's still comparing apples to oranges. For a more realistic comparison
you might try:

32" CRT TV:
http://www.sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_32SC260.pdf

versus

32" LCD TV:
http://www.sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_LC32AV22U.pdf


In this apples to apples comparison the LCD uses an additional 15w of
power, but offers HDMI and PC inputs, more than triple the audio output
power, weighs less than 1/3 of the CRT set and is (of course) much slimmer
in size. Now it's up to the consumer. Are the additional perks of the LCD
worth an additional 15w of power? According to the originally referenced
article, the difference between these two sets, provided they were run 24
hours a day for an entire year, would result in less than $16 added to your
annual electric bill.



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Posted by Bill's News on December 17, 2007, 2:57 pm
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> Wes Newell wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:40:03 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>>
>>> "Flat-Panel Displays Devour Power, Even Before Add-Ons;
>>> Energy Star
>>> Blurs the Picture"
>>>
>>> Wall Street Journal article: http://301url.com/fnk
>>
>> Give me a break. The article might well be in fiction story
>> book. And I'm supposed to believe what Rebecca says? Most men
>> tech writers are technically challenged, Rebecca, come on.
>> Well, yes Rebecca, when you compare a 28" crt TV to a 42" LCD
>> TV, the LCD TV with twice the viewing area and almost 4 times
>> the resolution will use more power overall, but if you break
>> it down to power per pixel, it uses far less than even the
>> smaller crt screen. And an orange will also produce more
>> electricity than an apple.
>>
>
> I would wager that most people care about the bottom line of
> their electric bill more than they care about power per pixel.
>
> Matthew

I suppose that you're suggesting, what with the cost of energy
skyrocketing over the past few years, and the questionable state
of the global environment, that "most people" will selflessly or
penuriously keep their CRT TVs for the next decade or two,
rather than spend the cost of the new panel, whatever its size,
and/or any additional monthly energy costs to operate it? Hmmm,
you could be right! Perhaps this xmas' shopping season will be
an indicator.



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