analog shutdown maybe delayed

[Dan.Strassberg]

I don't know this for a fact but I suspect that LCD TVs with CCFL 
backlights use less energy than CRT TVs that have similar screen area. 
And the newest large-screen LCD TVs with LED backlights must use even 
less energy than CCFL-backlit LCD TVs of the same screen dimensions. 
Even plasma-screen units very likely use no more energy than CRT TVs 
that have the same screen area.

OTOH, people may watch their flat-screen TVs more than they watched 
their old CRT-based analog sets. So the new TVs may use more enrgy 
because they are on more of the time.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
To: "Richard Chonak" <rac@gabrielmass.com>
Cc: "'bostonRadio Mailing List'" 
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: analog shutdown maybe delayed


> Richard Chonak wrote:
>> By the way, is there an argument to make in favor of the DTV 
>> conversion as an energy-saving measure?
>>
>> I suppose one has to take into account the energy spent in 
>> producing and distributing converter boxes, building new antennas, 
>> etc.
>>
>
> I suspect it's something of a wash. There will certainly be less 
> power consumed at the transmitter end once the transition is 
> complete, but I suspect that's far outweighed by all the juice being 
> consumed by those 52" plasma and LCD screens in all those living 
> rooms.
>
> s