uh, your backlight doesn't dim when the pixels are black. This might be true on a CRT monitor (they site a study from 2002) but not for an LCD. If you want to save electricity and you are using a CRT monitor... get an LCD monitor.
I took the time to actually look up the context of the misleading quote from the paper they cited. The very next sentence confirms what I just said "Displayed image affects on power more in CRTs than LCDs...".
If you want to save electricity you *might* actually have to *do* something. A little cubical feng shui to reduce screen glare so you can reduce brightness will save way more electricity than a black window (and it will also reduce eye strain). Results, results, results... and then feel good about having made a difference. Also notice that blackle.com has fewer features implemented and the biggest difference is that the google ads have been replaced by... google affiliate ads ;)
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Date: 2007-09-05 01:24 am (UTC)I took the time to actually look up the context of the misleading quote from the paper they cited. The very next sentence confirms what I just said "Displayed image affects on power more in CRTs than LCDs...".
If you want to save electricity you *might* actually have to *do* something. A little cubical feng shui to reduce screen glare so you can reduce brightness will save way more electricity than a black window (and it will also reduce eye strain). Results, results, results... and then feel good about having made a difference. Also notice that blackle.com has fewer features implemented and the biggest difference is that the google ads have been replaced by... google affiliate ads ;)