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<blockquote data-quote="Pat Clark" data-source="post: 940911" data-attributes="member: 123421">This relates to what megahorst said, and I'm not sure where these things are implemented. He points out a couple of places where turning on or off the TV automatically is undesirable -- waking up for a recording or downloading the TV guide. I just don't see any cases where it (auto on/off) has value. Maybe I just don't understand what would happen in a typical case.&nbsp;1. You come home from work and press the shift key to wake up the computer. The TV turns on so you can watch it. But all you wanted to do was check e-mail.2. The PC is idle and sleeps. I assume the TV would not turn off if it was in use on another input, so this case is not so bad. If it was on the MediaPortal input, I guess it means it had not been used for anything for a long time.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was referring to MediaPortal's GUI, and I wasn't clear. I should have added this: If the TV is off, how would you see the button to use it?&nbsp;========================&nbsp;I guess using the PC only as an HTPC vs using the PC as a general purpose machine, accounts for the difference of opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pat Clark, post: 940911, member: 123421"] This relates to what megahorst said, and I'm not sure where these things are implemented. He points out a couple of places where turning on or off the TV automatically is undesirable -- waking up for a recording or downloading the TV guide. I just don't see any cases where it (auto on/off) has value. Maybe I just don't understand what would happen in a typical case. 1. You come home from work and press the shift key to wake up the computer. The TV turns on so you can watch it. But all you wanted to do was check e-mail. 2. The PC is idle and sleeps. I assume the TV would not turn off if it was in use on another input, so this case is not so bad. If it was on the MediaPortal input, I guess it means it had not been used for anything for a long time. I was referring to MediaPortal's GUI, and I wasn't clear. I should have added this: If the TV is off, how would you see the button to use it? ======================== I guess using the PC only as an HTPC vs using the PC as a general purpose machine, accounts for the difference of opinion. [/QUOTE]

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