John R Pierce wrote: > On 07/27/11 11:29 AM, m.roth at 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. mark