[mythtv-users] DPMS and televisions; some useful ideas and a question

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 10:55 -0700, Shawn Willden wrote:
> I have kids and a brand-new 50" DLP HDTV, which has a bulb that will 
> eventually burn out.  In case the conflict there isn't obvious, the kids 
> have a tendency to leave the TV on, wasting electricity and reducing the 
> bulf lifespan.

Hrm.  This is your real problem, not the "symptoms" you list afterwards.
How about teaching the kids some responsibility to your television, the
environment and their future and turn the thing off when they are done
with it?

Try some groundings.  They work amazingly well.  Start with them not
being able to use your TV and keep raising the stakes until they learn.

It amazes me how just a few years ago all the kids were whining and
complaining that "our generation" was wasting "their future" with our
irresponsibility towards the environment and in reality it's they who
are too lazy to do the right thing.

b.


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