[bellson]

One of the usual Indians rolled up the other day but instead of per usual trying to flog off an alternate electronic company he was giving away free (his company would sell Carbon credits to the gubmint) a power board. This has sockets one marked normal, and some master and slaves.

It has a IR chip as well and what happens is after an hour if it doesnt detect any remote control action it will flash for three minutes, if during these three minutes you do not adjust the TV by the remote (he said just move the volume up and down) it will power down the unit completely, no standby.

Seems to work ok and even without the standby the TV (50 inch Plasma) seems to start up without waiting too long. My only question is is this equivalent of switching it off at the mains likely to cause any problems with the TVs innards?