[Noisebridge-discuss] ViewSonic G810 - 21" CRT Display - Perfect working condition. NB or CL or eWaste... that is the question.
jim
jim at systemateka.com
Tue Jul 26 04:43:07 UTC 2011
's okay. I'll deal with it (and quickly).
On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 18:57 -0700, Ken Adler wrote:
> Ok... here is the deal... I am bringing the Monitor in and putting
> Jim's name on it. If it remains at NB AND If it gets to be an issue I
> will personally remove it and eWaste it .
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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Rubin Abdi
> <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> Double what Andy said
>
> Jim: We've had CTR monitors in the past and nothing
> good has come out of
> them. They are a dime a dozen right now off of
> Craigslist and other
> channels, if you really want one go for it, if not
> Noisebridge does have
> a ton of other LCDs in perfectly good working order
> for LUG that you can
> use.
>
> 21" is not so easy to find. The color quality is still very
> much unmatched by LCDs especially the old rebuilt ones at NB.
> Even disregarding that there are no plenty around in this
> size.
>
> Also the energy efficiency is confused. The power ratings on
> LCD are for the unit, but disregard power waste in the power
> supply bricks = commonly about 30% (70% waste heat). Being a
> compulsive label reader(and knowing the formula watts = volts
> * amps), my estimate is that an lcd energy saves about one
> notch down in monitor size. So you are looking at 21" CRT
> (about) same power use as 24" lcd.
>
> If you want to locate huge energy hogs consider the big TV
> screens. Or consider building some high efficiency power
> supplies for the LCDs. Unfortunate that the new CA laws for
> high efficiency TV power supplies did not cover large computer
> monitors.
>
> And CRTs can be easily recycled for FREE, by taking them to
> the Goodwill one block away.
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>
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