Blackle - save power when using Google

SFilip

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http://www.blackle.com/
A very simple, yet seemingly effective method.
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002
 

Rheias

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Nice idea. The real question is how much energy it saves.
 

SFilip

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According to the magazine in which I read about this, an average monitor approximately spends 74 W/h while displaying a white screen and 59 W/h when displaying a black one.
On the long road, I guess it's the small things that count. :)
 

Miz

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umm?
So if i look at a darker screen...
I am using less power :confused:

Well it makes sense but your telling me this and TH is mostly white :p
and as an environmentalists I do not approve... (joking)
 
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