LG's planet-saving W2252TE LCD tested

Here's the fact: LG's claims of significant power savings with the W2252TE 22-inch LCD are no lie. As it turns out, the monitor sips even less juice than LG claimed, a mere 19.4 watts -- less than half of its Dell and Acer counterparts. The folks at SmartPlanet also found the display to perform "above average," and pack all the relevant features you'd expect on a modern LCD. LG doesn't win any green points for its completely traditional plastic and non-recycled cardboard packaging, and since there's no word on price yet, we're just going to have to assume the W2252TE will carry a price premium relative to its power saving prowess, but maybe that's just us being pessimistic. It should be hitting shelves next month.

[MMaster23 @ Aug 11th 2008 6:30PM]

Windows XP with silver theme?
Guess .. get with the times!

[Will @ Aug 11th 2008 7:49PM]

But Aero uses more energy!

[Graham @ Aug 11th 2008 6:31PM]

Woot, go Firefox! Thats the way to test it there.

[grull27 @ Aug 11th 2008 6:33PM]

I don't like Vista but the Vista Aero theme would show off the quality much more than the XP Silver Theme.

[uttles @ Aug 11th 2008 6:37PM]

Man I bet PT Barnum loves all of these Green products, lol

[phanbouy @ Aug 11th 2008 8:34PM]

yeah products competing in energy efficiency is a circus sideshow, lol.

[The Dude @ Aug 11th 2008 9:07PM]

What about Bailey?

[drumdbeat @ Aug 11th 2008 6:44PM]

You smell.

[Castaa @ Aug 11th 2008 6:47PM]

Between this display and an Atom CPU Eee Box, that's a pretty power effect desktop.

22.3 Watts at peak CPU usage Eee Box
19.4 Watts for this display

41.7 Watts total (not counting speakers)

Nice!

[iofthestorm @ Aug 11th 2008 7:09PM]

That's less wattage than a light bulb!

[Wolfticket @ Aug 11th 2008 7:45PM]

...then hook it up to a 1000 watt speaker system.

[Chris @ Aug 11th 2008 6:49PM]

No thanks, I'm sticking with my Samsung T220 even if it kills the planet a little faster it does it with style.

[hank94jp @ Aug 11th 2008 6:49PM]

It's a Green Screen! Haha, get it!?

...sorry guys, I couldn't help it.

[Gfxlonghorn @ Aug 11th 2008 7:03PM]

Yeah but can you pick this monitor up for $180? If we run this thing 210 hours a day and save 20 watts per hour for 365 day, we would only save $7.30 a year at 10 cents per kwh

[waterboy99troop @ Aug 12th 2008 7:17PM]

where do you live that has 210 hours in a day?...

[rv @ Aug 11th 2008 7:19PM]

19.4/110 = .17A
?

[DChen @ Aug 11th 2008 7:28PM]

erm...

p=I V

so surely its 110/19.4 = 5.6... A ?

or am i Horribly mistaken? its been a while...

[andres @ Aug 11th 2008 7:29PM]

I = V/R

[kk @ Aug 11th 2008 7:38PM]

@DChen

Yes you are mistaken, the formula is correct but the rearrange was wrong.
rv is right..

[DChen @ Aug 11th 2008 7:46PM]

*hangs head in shames*

*cues sad music from the increidble hulk...*

*walks off into the sunset*

[andres @ Aug 11th 2008 8:28PM]

oops, posted wrong formula. resistance doesnt help at all in this case. sorry

[andres @ Aug 11th 2008 7:28PM]

when the iphone gets a 22 inch screen that doubles as a monitor, call me.
otherwise SHUT UP!

[DChen @ Aug 11th 2008 7:43PM]

hmm... 22" on a iphone...

not really a phone then is it...

more a HUGE tablet thats both impractical yet stylish...

so more an imac for the man with MC Hammer pants...

[Ryan @ Aug 11th 2008 7:52PM]

for some reason that picture makes the monitor look huge to me -- almost like an LCD TV

[phanbouy @ Aug 11th 2008 8:10PM]

DChen wins the award for first person to ever imply a practical purpose for MC Hammer pants.

[noazark @ Aug 11th 2008 8:21PM]

strop!

[andres @ Aug 11th 2008 8:29PM]

hammer time

[phanbouy @ Aug 11th 2008 8:32PM]

music hits me. so hard.

[rv @ Aug 11th 2008 9:37PM]

Makes me say
OH MY LORD

[phanbouy @ Aug 11th 2008 10:13PM]

wow... i never even realized what a shoddy rhyme that was.. hard and lord? good lord. oh well, at least he so cleverly stole the music from Rick James (bitch).

[Dan Halen @ Aug 12th 2008 12:06AM]

They all stole it from the king of the rap scene, Vanilla Ice.

What a guy.

[neofolklore @ Aug 12th 2008 7:56AM]

DAMNIT beat me to it! I was going to reply to the first post at the top of the page just so it would get read, but then I decided to be a more mature commenter and scroll down hoping nobody else already took my comment!

[The Dude @ Aug 11th 2008 9:07PM]

iPhone sips man juice?

[kei @ Aug 11th 2008 9:13PM]

I bought this model for $280 a week ago in Korea.

At least in Korea, W2252TE models with silver plastic parts at the bottom (as you see in the picture above) are not for retail.
"Officially", It's available only for local pc shops to be bundles with pc's.

There are also W2252TE with white plastic parts, for retail.
But surprisingly, those are tagged $100 higher, making it $380.

[Trinidad Mike @ Aug 11th 2008 9:37PM]

Fade

[GhostDoggy @ Aug 12th 2008 5:52AM]

I spend more per month of publicly educating other peoples' kids than I do on my own household electricity. As such, I do not have to think 'green' when only 55% of the county students finish, and only 70% finish period.

At least I get a better lifecycle with energy-consumer electronics. I guess you get what you do not pay for.

[trueislander @ Aug 12th 2008 8:52AM]

@ phanbuoy

I think maybe Hammer tweaks it to sound more like "Oh my Lard"? Thats what I remember singing...then I would stop and wonder how a man who moves around on stage so much could be fat.