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Monitor! Electricity! CRT or TFT ?

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/monitor-electricity-crt-or-tft.65881/

Zen
Zen Original post #1
Aug 18, 2007 at 3:27 AM
How much power/electricity does a regular CRT or a TFT take, which one is less? if you are using the pc for more than 12 hrs daily?
rollcage
Aug 18, 2007 at 4:10 AM
they differ but for the approx figures
LG Flatron 17" FLAT CRT - 75W
Viewsonic 17" Wide TFT - 21W

.. that shall give you the idea
T
Aug 18, 2007 at 12:45 PM
TFTs consume less power than CRTs