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Does it save battery to have your desktop background set on a dark color?
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Mar 15, 20266440 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Do you think that a laptop consume less power when the color displayed on the screen is darker ? (And even less when the color is totally black) ? I don't mean reducing the brightness or contrast settings but simply have a dark blue or dark green desktop (windows background color), and that parts o…
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No, because the LCD backlight is always on, even if all the light (or most of it) is blocked by the pixels in front of it (thus displaying black). The newer LED-lit LCD screens could eventually save some energy, but not the side-lit LED screens. Che…
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