[mythtv-users] Add sleep function to TV?

[Karl Grindley]

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.
oh, you could also use X10 with some scripting skills.

Karl