Rick Archer wrote: >on 8/16/06 1:51 PM, Bhairitu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>The new wrinkle in the scenario is home theater. Those plasmas eat up a >>lot of energy. I have a 53" rear projection HDTV which eats around the >>same energy as a 300 watt light bulb and since I have the lights out it >>is a trade-off. >> >> >> >We have a 32² LCD HDTV. They don¹t use much power, right? > Generally LCDs use less than plasmas. Here's a comparison: http://callforhelptv.com/callforhelp/shownotes/0283.shtml?regular But then how often are you running a black screen? And again if you have turned off the lights in the room you may have just made a trade-off.
But TV manufacturers will want to keep selling TVs so they will make them more energy efficient. There was a good article in the UK Independent on plasmas eating up energy but they already have blocked it to all but subscribers. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
