actually, all of my CRT based tv's/monitors have almost NO ghost load. PC 19" crt: didn't even register on kill-a-watt, 27" crt tv: 1.2w on standby, 57" rear projection crt: 1w on standby, AV receiver: .6w on standby. i was rather surprised by this. my AV receiver is almost none too. of the 30 things that i have plugged in all the time, only a cpl had over 5w on standby...for a total of about 100w on ghost loads.
get a kill-a-watt meter. only took me a cpl hrs to check EVERYTHING in my house (except the electric oven - hardly used, well pump and furnace blowers/pumps).