From opensuse Tue Jun 16 20:42:24 2009 From: Felix Miata Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:42:24 +0000 To: opensuse Subject: Re: [opensuse] Legacy hardware support in openSUSE 10.3 Message-Id: <4A3803B0.9020108 () ij ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=opensuse&m=124524792120986 On 2009/06/16 16:15 (GMT-0400) Adam Tauno Williams composed: > And speaking of power: older CRTs vs. LCD is also a no-contest issue. Reality does not always match theory. Last October I replaced my 22 year old '26"' Mitsubishi CRT TV with a same screen height 31.5" Vizio LCD 1080p HDTV. I metered both in in-use state for several hours. The LCD uses almost exactly 50% more than the CRT, while the actual exposed screen area is only about 41% more. -- "Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle." Proverbs 23:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org