Looking for the lowest powered LCD with good brightness and response time.

Jeff7181

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I know all LCD's use less power than CRT's, but I'm looking for one as low power as possible for a family member who wants to use as little electricity as possible. :roll:
 

Treyshadow

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Most LCD's are about the same, but if you want speed and contrast with low power, you will be sorely out of luck.

Now for a good LCD with better than average power conservation, go with the newer Sony S74 as it has about no bells or whistles, but is a nice 16 ms 17" with no perceivable ghosting. Also since the power supply is internal, it tends to be more power conservative than most of the external box powered LCDs.

 

reallyscrued

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why is she so power conservative? its not like ur electric bill will run up 50 bucks just cuz u have a big monitor running for maybe 6 hours a day. maybe not even 25 dollars. tell him\her that there isnt that big a diff between lcds, they all are pretty low energy sucking screens. if she wants to be really conservative, get a good projector for around 1000 bucks.
 

Jeff7181

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She lives in an apartment and the entire apartment is on 3 circuits. Her computer is on the same circuit as her air conditioner, refrigerator, microwave, as well as every other outlet in the kitchen other than the electric range. She has a 19 inch monitor now and if the air conditioner, refrigerator, computer, and monitor are on at the same time turning a couple lights on in the kitchen trips the circuit breaker unless the monitor is off, or in the power saving mode. I had her check the specs on the back of the monitor and it says <140 watts normally, and <40 watts in power saving mode. That Sony S74 looks like it would be great for her with it's <35 watt normally and <5 watt in power saving mode. Won't be much smaller than her current 19 inch either.
 

heartsurgeon

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how about replacing the light bulbs in the kitchen with ultra-low wattage bulbs (flourescent "replacement" bulbs like these Fluorescent Spiral - 13 Watt - 10 pk..

She could also raise the temperature in her fridge slightly.and raise the temperature in her apartment slightly.

finally, a new conputer may cost less than an LCD monitor, and draw less current if she is using an older machine with a massive powersupply and a powerhungry cpu.

i suppose getting an LCD is not a bad idea however, as they are very nice, and she will gain some usable desktop space in the process.

or how about moving to a new apartment?
 
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now thats the best salesman thing ive ever heard lol....i know ur supposed to try get the customer to buy the most they can afford but.....goin from a TFT to a new appartment in one swoops is pretty good lol!!!

"yes this a 17 tft with a 16ms refresh rate........or could i interest u with this latest offering on the market.....an appartement"
 

jiffylube1024

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Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Tell the crazy person to get over it.

Yeah, exactly - give me a break.

LCD"s of similar size/ brightness have very similar power consumption.

Most 17" Samsung's, for example, cosume about 35-40W of power AFAIK when on, <5W in sleep mode and essentially nothing when off (below 1W). It's FAR below any CRT and I wouldn't pick knits and spend hours finding an LCD that just might use 5Watts less than a competitor.

Get the LCD and be happy that the LCD alternative even exists for power-usage conscious users; otherwise tell her to get a laptop if she's that concerned about power - compared to a full PC with monitor laptops consume way less.