[Gllug] Two Questions

[Peter Childs]

Dylan wrote:

>On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 23:38 pm, Peter Childs wrote:
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>>    Oh yes the other thing I was intrested in was its a TFT better
>>for you eyes or not?
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>I find them much better than CRTs for text work. I can sit and read a 
>long document off a TFT screen, whereas on a CRT I tend to get 
>headaches from eyestrain.
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    Thats intresting, I wonder if any scientific research been done?

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>>    As far as I can see it as a TFT uses less power that a CRT If I
>>have a CRT and a TFT running 24x7 for 1 year which is cheaper
>>including innitial cost ....
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>Who knows, check out the power consumption of each and do the maths. Of 
>course, they wouldn't be actually displaying 24/7, surely?
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    Hmm Yes, Shift work. I have a couple of screens that somone is 
actually sitting in front of at all times, in shift.

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>>    I have a load of Computers that freeze due to bad ventilation (if
>>somone closes the window they freeze...) I am wondering if flat
>>screens would save the problem and not cost any more in the long run.
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>Maybe, but I'd say better ventilation/cooling in general would be a 
>better solution.
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    I tend to agree, But I was thinking that if we had tfts it would 
improve venilation as not quite so much large boxes blocking it and less 
heat wasage as well,


>Dylan
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>>Peter Childs
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Peter
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