[mythtv-users] Add sleep function to TV?
Karl Grindley
karl at grindleyfamily.com
Wed Feb 8 13:37:06 UTC 2006
Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
>
>> Not necessarily MythTV, but pretty much related.
>> And this is probably the best group of folks to
>> solve this problem.
>> I'm considering buying an lcd monitor that does not
>> have a "sleep" function, while my current TV does.
>> My wife says that I can't get a new monitor without
>> being able to put it to sleep.
>>
>> I don't care if I'm playing a recording that continues
>> after the monitor powers off, because the sound will
>> be coming through the speakers in the monitor, which
>> will stop once the monitor goes off. I did verify this
>> by hooking my laptop up to it, playing a movie and turning
>> the monitor off. I just don't know what I can do to
>> power the monitor off in, say, 30 minutes.
>>
>>
> And here the rest of us spend a time trying to stop Linux from turning
> off the monitor. DPMS should do this for you.
>
True, but the the force is strong with the WAF. They are very good with
Jedi mind tricks. ;)
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