@Rich Wargo
some people were never properly potty trained. same goes for everywhere around the world, and it's a boon for auto flusher so that loo stays clean

If the screen constantly turns off and on, what happens about the longevity of the LCD backlight? I'd see this as a bit of a problem since most people keep screens for at least a couple of years.

This benefits LED backlights more (which are very rare, I've only seen them on the top of the range Samsung TV's). Not only does LED backlighting provide a much better image, a much thinner screen, and lower power use, the LED's can be turned off and on very significantly more than current backlighting.

That is where the evolution of the LCD screen will go next, and after that true LED panels, not just LED backlit LCD panels :)

The savings are even worse than that - according to the datasheets for these monitors, their typical operating power draw is in the order of 20-27W, and depending on which model you check, Philips claim a power reduction of between 50 and 70%.

So rather than the 100% reduction from 100W/hour you were assuming, in reality you'd only be saving (at best) 19W/hour (27W model dropping its consumption by 70%)...

What? Stupid Euro-peons too dumb to press power switch on your monitors or even flush your toilets?

I always said smart ones migrated to U.S. leaving total feebs behind. This proves it.

"bla, bla, bla,... _technological breakthrough_ ..., bla, bla, bla"

Since when adding a presence sensor can be called a technological breakthrough?!? FUCKING TOILETS HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR YEARS FOR FUCK SAKE!!!

What if I move on to the table where my other computer is and still need to see what'on the other monitor? True, it doesn't happen often but....

My back of a fag packet calculations cant really see any savings here ...

Assuming 8hrs a day with a normal draw of 100w's an hour. Assume 4hrs power in power saving mode (bit generous there) so 400w's saved a day x 260 working days a year = 104KW's saved per year which at what 10p a KW ... saving a tenner a year in power costs? Sounds ok but the display is 80-100% more than a currently available display.

Lot of assuming going on above but I cant see it paying for itself.