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by nkurz 4268 days ago
Wow, I hadn't considered that. It might explain why I get terrible battery life when playing movies on a TV over HDMI with the screen "turned off" by dimming it down to zero. Thanks for the hint.
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locomoco 4268 days ago
Along with the battery suck, it also generates more heat as the GPU has to output 2 signals.
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