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Old 04-04-2017, 21:23   #20
RichardCoulter
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Re: Do you unplug your TV set before going to bed?

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
There's also the issue with todays smart TV's that just because you've put it in standby doesn't mean the set has fully finished its internal housekeeping. I've noted that our Sony doesn't power down the external HDD that I have in the back for about 5 minutes and during that time there are occasional accesses. Just pulling the power at these times could corrupt the drive.
Good point.

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Originally Posted by Stephen View Post
I never unplug or switch off any electrical items.

TV is wall mounted anyway and the socket is behind the TV so can't be reached.
I bet there's a fair few people in this position these days.
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