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Re: turn monitor off and on

From Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: turn monitor off and on
Date 2011-05-16 12:00 +1200
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Terry Reedy wrote:
> My monitor then displays 'No 
> signal detected' in a box and puts itself into a low-power state 
> awaiting a signal. Even if the monitor does not do that, a black screen 
> should use less power.

I'm not so sure about that. If the monitor is an LCD and isn't
doing anything to reduce its own power usage, then the backlight
is still running and using just as much power, whether the screen
is black or not.

-- 
Greg

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turn monitor off and on Astan Chee <astan.chee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 16:08 +1000
  Re: turn monitor off and on harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-14 02:13 -0500
    Re: turn monitor off and on harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-14 02:20 -0500
      Re: turn monitor off and on harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-14 02:29 -0500
        Re: turn monitor off and on Alexander Kapps <alex.kapps@web.de> - 2011-05-14 09:59 +0200
      Re: turn monitor off and on Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-14 07:43 +0000
        Re: turn monitor off and on harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-14 03:05 -0500
      Re: turn monitor off and on Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-14 15:58 -0400
        Re: turn monitor off and on harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-14 19:25 -0500
        Re: turn monitor off and on Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-05-16 12:00 +1200
          Re: turn monitor off and on harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-15 20:48 -0500

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