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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by bluGill on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @03:59PM (#37313093)
Though in the CRT days 19" was the most common size (large did exist). I'm not sure what the most common size TV is today, but it is bigger than that.
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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @07:08PM (#37315387)
The CRT TVs back in the 70s and 80s were pigs. Not 150W, more like 300W and sometimes more. It would take some work to make a modern LCD with similar consumption. Even when plasma was all the rage, it wasn't that bad.
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