John R Pierce wrote:
On 07/27/11 11:29 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
And less than a plasma screen, with the addition that if you turn it off, it does*not* draw power.
Many CRT's made in the last 20 years kept the filaments preheated so they could fire up faster. and of course, anything with a remote control that has 'power on' is keeping its control processor running looking for that power on signal...
Except for those of us who hit the power button, and all lights seem to go off, and the tv itself cools off.
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