[Wylug-discuss] CRT's

[John Hodrien]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Smylers wrote:

> david powell writes:

>> a crt monitor  for free sounds a good offer  but using aprox 100 to
>> 150W costs aprox  20p per day to run (given 8hrs use a day ) against
>> 4p per day for a 19" lcd
>
> But if you just want a monitor for an 'occasional use' computer (or for
> when you happen to have your laptop at home, or for a server which
> normally runs without anybody sat at it), then obviously the calculation
> changes.

I'd also suggest those power calculations are possibly at one end of the
scale.  Certainly my Dell 20" uses 47W and a quick google suggests 19" CRTs
can be as low as 83W.

jh

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