Power Efficient Computer Monitor Upgrade?
Hopefully this separate thread will eliminate hijacking another. Many RV'ers including myself use laptops instead of desktop units. But the 17" laptops seem to gobble laptop battery power at an ast...
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Both "LED" and "LCD" monitors are Liquid Crystal Displays. With LED in the name it means light from LED bulbs shines from the back through the liquid crystals to your eyes. With LCD in the name it means light from fluorescent tubes shines from the back through the liquid crystals to your eyes. Nice and confusing, huh?
You can guess which display type takes the smaller amount of power to run - always look for that type of display.
If you can find it, look for a (hint: LED) display that internally uses 12 volts DC for it's circuits. That means you can run it directly from your battery without an inverter middleman. What I found when looking a couple of years ago is that LED displays larger than around 24 inches usually use more the 12 volts DC for their circuitry, so you'll probably wind up easily finding a 12 volt DC display if you're looking at only 23" on down models.
Just make sure your potential new display supports VGA video input ... and don't forget you gotta have some way of getting sound to it from your laptop ... unless you can put up with sound from the laptop but images from the new display!
Both "LED" and "LCD" monitors are Liquid Crystal Displays. With LED in the name it means light from LED bulbs shines from the back through the liquid crystals to your eyes. With LCD in the name it means light from fluorescent tubes shines from the back through the liquid crystals to your eyes. Nice and confusing, huh?
You can guess which display type takes the smaller amount of power to run - always look for that type of display.
If you can find it, look for a (hint: LED) display that internally uses 12 volts DC for it's circuits. That means you can run it directly from your battery without an inverter middleman. What I found when looking a couple of years ago is that LED displays larger than around 24 inches usually use more the 12 volts DC for their circuitry, so you'll probably wind up easily finding a 12 volt DC display if you're looking at only 23" on down models.
Just make sure your potential new display supports VGA video input ... and don't forget you gotta have some way of getting sound to it from your laptop ... unless you can put up with sound from the laptop but images from the new display!
