I'll reinstall later this evening.

Fingers crossed.

It depends on the system, but usually there's some sort of visual indication that the memory has "snapped" into place, so you might want to look for that too.

Bye bye standby?

Bye bye standby?

Huh. Even my new TVs don't have standby.

Off seems to be standby on my TV. Whenever it's off, there's a little red light on the set that says standby. Isn't the only way to stop wasting of that little bit of energy to unplug it entirely? Which is a huge pain in the ass depending on where the plugs are.

Even my new TVs don't have standby.

I'm with Sue. If I can turn it on with a remote, it's on standby, isn't it? Some juice is powering the IR receiver.

I didn't realize it had taken hold in the consumer marketplace. I have never shopped for a new tv seriously, so I haven't noticed.

When I think of "Standby" I think of electronics like cameras and such that can be switched to a "Hot and waiting" mode that powers down the CRT or LCD.

In the old days, TVs had tubes that could be kept warm with an "instant on" feature in up through the 70s. I figured that sort of thing was moot after all-ic tvs came around.

What it looks like they need is a spec for "Standby" that says it can only consume enough energy to keep memory from erasing...or mandate Static Ram, I guess...

they need is a spec for "Standby" that says it can only consume enough energy to keep memory from erasing

Don't forget clocks. And the loss of ability to turn things on with a remote will be annoying.

And the loss of ability to turn things on with a remote will be annoying.

Perhaps that can be kept to a minimum of energy consumption. A device powering up from almost-dead instead of mostly alive would save power, but still provide utility. The response might be a split second slower.

My assumption would be that they are only using as much power to be able to come on and run timers/clocks. But who knows what convenience engineering mandated.