[Gllug] Why we still like CRTs

[Benjamin Goodacre]

I definitely prefer CRTs but when the size goes 24"+ they are difficult
to find and prohibitively expensive, even when not considering postage.
That is why I have only recently changed the monitor of my home PC to a
LCD, when I decided to go for a 28". I have had LCDs at work for years.
My 17" AOC CRT had lasted me 8 years - and it has had some fairly heavy
usage. I only got rid of it as a the composite cable broke! It will be
interesting to find out how long my LCD one will last, I doubt it will
be 8 years.

Nowadays more than ever everything is built to break after a certain
amount of time. Reducing power consumption is important but what about
the environmental impact of the disposable culture we have? Everything
from cars to kettles is built to last a shorter amount of time so we all
have to buy replacement sooner.

I'm sorry if I've gone a bit OT :)

Benjamin

-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk] On
Behalf Of James Hawtin
Sent: 20 November 2009 16:11
To: Greater London Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Why we still like CRTs

Well measured with my power meter at the mains socket my Dell 2408WFP
takes
68 Watts.

Here are some other figures for interest.

Cisco 3560G 48.4W
Cisco 2960 20.2W

A dual core atom (ION/330) based system  50W under load.

opteron 275 2.2Ghz Dual Core processor *2 (DL385 6 15K hard drives and 3
fiber channel cards) 365W under load, 300W idle!

James
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