bill ??

i want set up a second monitor but was told no because of the electricity bill but if its not like +$20.00 id be willing to pay for that extra cost possibly

really there are alot of contributing factors...

LED vs. LCD
HD vs. SD
15" vs. 17" vs. 19"
brand
How long/often you have it going
etc..

Without knowing all the contributing factors, we can not accurately predict how much more it would add to your power bill

That would depend on the wattage of the monitor, how many hours it will be in use in a year and how much you pay per kWh where you live.

Wattage of a monitor will probably be around 30-60 W, the rest I don't know.

You'll have to find out how much your power company charges per kw/h and the wattage drawn by the additional monitor (should be in the specs for the monitor somewhere).

After that:

http://www.webmath.com/kwh.html

Turn it off when not in use and I doubt it'd even add another $20 a year to an electricity bill, assuming its modern flat panel rather than an old CRT. Of course, if it is in constant use, it would be more than that. Depends on electric rates as well.

Using an energystar monitor (uses between 30 and 60 Watts active, .25 inactive)

And assuming powered-on active state of 8 hours, 16 hours inactive (per day)

and a price of electricty of 12.5 cents (about the average price of electricity across the entire US)

gives us between $11.14 and $22.09 annually in electricity.

Yeah, it's roughly $20.00/year. Just hand your parents a crisp $20.00 bill and tell them to shut up about the energy costs. Also, tell them to get a clue, because you are obviously not going to buy some big early 1990's CRT television as your secondary monitor.

Go with what Deffy guestimated EF, it's dead center in the ballpark. My new monitor takes 38 watts (an AOC e2752v), my old monitor is 54 watts (generic five year old piece of crap).

you can tell whoever wants to know that it'll be between ten and twenty bucks extra a year.

Unless you're getting http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/samsunguhdtv.jpg

..then all bets are off

I'm pretty sure EF lives in Canada, so his $/kWh rate is probably somewhat higher. Still, one or two bucks per month is probably right in the ballpark.

Definitely want.

hell at that price id just drop a $100 to people im live with each month for a year and not have to pay again till like idk

Which, the one on the left, the one on the right or that thing in the middle?

Yes

okay, how many " is that and how much is it going to set me back?

*takes out credit card an measuring tape*

Good choice.

it's a hundred and ten inches diagonal and costs the same as http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-samsung-s-110-inch-ultra-hd-tv-up-for-grabs-at-150000-1943156

some day...

yep one day when this type of tv is a small and cost about what a 30 inch is now .-.

*puts credit card back in wallet*

Can't afford that... still need to buy a new truck after that accident this morning (damn write-offs)..

Give it four or five years and you'll be picking it up for a song at a Walmart Black Friday sale. The only thing you'll have to worry about is surviving the stampede without major bodily harm.