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Hope someone can offer some advice...I have a Toshiba 32" widescreen HDTV. When the cable box is turned off the screen goes dark, but the Toshiba's red power button is still on. The TV, as far as I can tell, is in a standby mode.
I'm concerned that leaving it in this standby mode will shorten the TV's life.
It's more convenient for me not to turn it off, but perhaps this is not best the TV?
Thanks,
Nick
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Hi, If this "standby" mode is enough to keep the set warm, I'd believe that it is using more than a watt or 2. I'd get a small B&W TV, for your set lists, unless the multi-colored text is an issue.
Is the TV AC power cord connected directly into a wall outlet or power strip -or- is it plugged into the back of the cable box?If it were plugged into a 'switched outlet' on the back of the cable box, there should be no power indicator illuminated on the TV itself when the cable box is turned off.
On the other hand, if the TV is plugged into it's own AC outlet/power strip, just turning off the cable box will not turn off the TV.
Personally, I would not leave the TV turned ON 24/7.
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Thanks, Abe.The TV is plugged into a Monster power conditioner, as is the cable box.
The main reason I wanted to leave the television in a 'standby' mode--at least during the day--is because I started using the cable company's music channels as a music source for my receiver. Surprisingly, there are very good jazz, blues, and classical channels--although the fidelity, of course, isn't on a par with a decent FM tuner connected to an antenna. Anyway, I find myself wanting to check the titles and artists (because there's only music, no announcers) and to do this I have to keep turning the TV on.
But you're probably right. Even though for all intents and purposes the TV seems to be dead to the world (except for the lit red light) when I turn the cable box off, I probably should turn it off also.
Thanks again.
Nick
A toasty set is a happy set. I'd leave it on. My Sammy DLP is always in the standby mode as you call it. At least my little red diode is always on. That little red diode/standby is burning one watt (if at all) of electric and is not doing a darn thing to your set. Warm electronics are happy electronics. You ain't doing nuttin do that tube of yours. peace, warren
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