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Old 18-05-2007, 16:32   #14
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Re: Am I missing something? Aren't CRTs better?

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Originally Posted by Jon M View Post
Aside from the ergonomics, there is vastly less heat generated by a TFT, much less power consumed...
Not what I excpected but, a little on-line research suggests that this is not true. For the same size of screen, LCDs consume about the same as CRTs. In fact, a CRT is often a little better. Of course the plasma screens eat loads of power.

For example:
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partner...esentation.pdf
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