From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-18 10:21, Paul wrote:   
   > On Tue, 2/17/2026 3:08 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Sending the display to some sleep mode was a big save. A big CRT display   
   could eat a hundred watts.   
   >   
   > I had a Trinitron here, and I checked and standby didn't save a watt :-)   
      
   Mmm. I did not have a power meter at the time. I simply trusted a label   
   these things had, I forget the text. APM compliant? Green something   
   compliant?   
      
   > The beam still seemed to be running, and perhaps deflected to the   
   > side or something.   
      
   Maybe keeping the cathode hot, but no high voltage?   
      
   >   
   > There was a definite dependence on resolution/refresh rate.   
   > When the monitor would no longer run at 1280x1024 and I had   
   > to turn down the resolution to stop arc-over on the HV,   
   > the thing ran a *lot* cooler.   
   >   
   > It got retired when it was getting a bit on the dim side.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
   >   
   >   
      
      
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