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[Beest]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

That's true of most electronics nowadays though. Our TV, DVD player, all our game systems, etc... They all have a standby mode. For some of them, the only way to really turn it off is to unplug it.

I didn't know that about the wii, I assumed orange light was the lowest power standby mode.

I bought an APC UPS last year to go with the new desktop, it has a Master socket and controlled by Master sockets( which makes me LOL as Slave is obvioisly not PC). You plug in your PC to the master and the UPS detects if it is on by the current flow, it then automatically turns off the controlled sockets when the PC is off, Monitor, speakers, printer, which are useless with out the PC but would otherwise be draining a little power in standby mode.
I see power strips with this feature now too, I think it would work for the TV, wii, cable box and DVD player cannot be used without the TV so might as well be 'unplugged' when the TV is in standby.
How much do you save relative to the cost of the device, I don't know, but it's reducing carbon footprint and such.

Of course they could all just be plugged into a power strip with an off switch.