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Product: Television: On or Off Switch
Snooze for the boob-tube   (+2, -2)  [vote for, against]
When you fall asleep at the TV, it does to.

The other evening I was watching the modern caveman campfire too long and I fell asleep. Considering the length of time that I was asleep there were several hours of wasted electricity that I will never be able to get back. Now if there was a TV that could detect when the user was not viewing and it would go into sleep mode, I am sure that a few natural resources could be saved.
-- forgeman, Mar 19 2005

another way http://www.geocitie...hnnie/rubecube.html
[FarmerJohn, Mar 19 2005]

My TV has that. It can be preset to a number of minutes. I have it set to 45 minutes. If you don't zap or adjust volume or something it will automatically go into standby mode.

I use this in a different way. When this happens, it is time to ask myself the question "do you get from it what you want?" In most cases I answer with 'no' and I leave the TV like that and go do something else.

Actually, since August 2004 I have watched only some 4 to 6 hours of television time. Including the tsunami reports.

My TV is a Nokia MP 55 A2. My grandparents bought it especially with your proposed use in mind. I inherited it. With the way I am using it, it will get very old.

I prefer to hook up a beamer to my PowerBook and watch a DVD.
-- rrr, Mar 19 2005


I think boob-tube has different meanings in the US. I was expecting a sort of padded chin-rest on the front of a tight-fitting top for women, to allow them to nod off in comfort.
-- Basepair, Mar 19 2005


Sp: too.
-- Basepair, Mar 20 2005


FJ - what a fantastic illustration. I think it might be your best one yet.
-- energy guy, Mar 20 2005


This must be borderline marked for deletion. Almost every television available now has this feature.
-- Detly, Mar 20 2005


[I prefer to hook up a beamer to my PowerBook and watch a DVD]

That's unexpected - BMW + Powerbook gives DVD viewing.
-- DenholmRicshaw, Mar 20 2005


[FarmerJohn] - Excellent drawing. You are on my list of People to Worry About as soon as I get a chance....
-- Basepair, Mar 20 2005


[Detly], I have yet to know of any TVs that detect when the viewer has lapsed into slumber. It actually seems a hard problem to solve, [FJ]'s approach aside (and that has its own set of problems).
-- bristolz, Mar 20 2005


Ah. I clearly misread the idea.
-- Detly, Mar 21 2005


a dead man's button on the remote?
-- po, Mar 21 2005


no, I think it's just a piece of a hotdog but thanks for pointing it out.
-- Basepair, Mar 21 2005


Crap, now I need to plead for a new t-shirt. (The illustration is on par with "Door Path Beater".)

A plus for the idea, that inspired the drawing. I sleep to the muffled sounds of television during the day, so it might not work so well for me.
-- blissmiss, Mar 21 2005



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