In , Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Bill" wrote
You can only use so much electricity per circuit, then the breaker will
trip. New TV's use a little more electricity than older TV's.

New TVs use lots LESS than older TVs if you are comparing LCD versus the
old CRT.

LCD TVs use less electricity than CRT TVs of the same size. But many
people have gotten bigger TVs than they had before. And external audio
equipment that is on when the TV is on.
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- Don Klipstein )