The power used in standby is next to nothing. The CRT is not kept warmed up nor is anything being done to the pixels. All the power on/off switch does it control whether the display can be turned on/off by the presence/lack-thereof of a VGA display signal.
Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Bird Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hardware: Monitor, Power Off? On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 13:42:09 +0100, Hugh Gundersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >More than likely you will save on energy use $$$$$$$$$$$ the bit don't >wear out as no moving parts - well the switch might .............. I thought maybe there was still power going to the screen to keep it in standby and this could prematurely wear out the pixels. -- cheers, Stephen -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
