Re: eMac: is the display really sleeping?

Hi Greg,

This Apple KB article appears to be the official word on the subject.
It was last modified in 2000, but I couldn't find a more recent article.

Cheers,
Tony Roybal

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=20181>

On Jan 22, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Greg Merritt wrote:

>
> This is hardly a problem, but it is something that has been nagging
> me for a very long time.
>
> 1GHz G4 eMac, all-in-one 17" CRT, running 10.3.9. The Energy Saver
> system preferences are set to put the display to sleep after so
> many minutes. Sure enough, the display does black out as
> advertised. The computer itself is set to never sleep, but it is
> desired that the display black out after the computer has been idle.
>
> What surprises me, though, is that the screen wakes virtually
> instantly in response to keyboard or mouse inputs. There is no
> sort of "snap" sound of the CRT getting power once again, no brief
> pause, no fade-in to brightness... just BOOM! and the screen's
> ready to go.
>
> Basically every other display-sleeping CRT situation I've ever
> known requires a real, brief warm-up of a second or two. My
> suspicion is that the eMac's CRT is not really going cold when the
> display sleeps, but rather still idling at (relatively) full power
> while effectively showing a black image. I suspect that this
> otherwise well-behaved eMac is an energy hog.
>
> Does this seem to match or contradict anyone else's experience with
> an eMac?
>
> Thanks!
> -Greg
>
>
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