[LINK] LED Backlight LCDs may save power

[Stilgherrian]

On 31/10/07 10:21 AM, "Tom Worthington" <Tom.Worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:
> Stilgherrian wrote Jul 26 09:36:05 EST 2007 (was: "Blackle: turn
> Google black to save the planet"
> <http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2007-July/075185.html>):
> 
>> ... Blackle ... front-end onto Google which turns the website
>> background black. In theory,
>> this saves energy because a monitor uses more power when displaying a
>> white/light image than a black/dark one. ... http://www.blackle.com/about/
>> ...
> 
> I was skeptical of this saving power on modern LCD screens. [snip]

So was I, which was why the thrust of my post was debunking Blackle
generally. Just for the record... :)

Stil


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