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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: crashwg on January 12, 2004, 09:23:11 pm
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I'm looking for a tv, 20-24" that can be unplugged and plugged back in all whilst retaining the selected input and power status, that's not too much to ask is it? ;)
I'm thinkin' about going into worstbuy and circuitcity and testing them all out with my laptop, but i'm not sure if they'll have a problem with that.
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Let us know which TVs you find that meet your requirements. I'm looking for the same.
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Yeah, the power issue is huge for me. Probably 90% of TVs will remember the last input, but finding a TV with the ability to turn itself back on after power loss is pretty hard. I ended up settling for one that didn't, and had to hookthis up (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=14658) to the cabinet. It works, but not exactly the cleanest look.
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I am no electrical engineer or anything, but my first thought was, this:
The TV company knows that 99% of the people want the TV to stay off after a surge, or power loss, to not burn out the TV quickly over a bad storm, power test in the neighborhood, blackouts, etc.. So they install a normally opened switch. Just contact the manufacture of your TV for a schematic, and take out this switch, by either jumping it, or replace it with a normally closed switch.
Then it will always be on when you kick on the power to it from your surge suppressor. Hopefully you are using a good one on your monitor if you want it to always be on :)
Hope that helps some,
Guardian.
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If it's any help to anybody, the 27" Sony Trinitron (KV-27S66) I just picked up (used) not only powers back up after yanking the cord out of the wall, but remembers it's settings as well.