Turning your TV on/off

[Willypill]

I'm curious to know how some of you have your TV's hooked up to turn on/off.  Do you have a button hooked up somehow?  Let me know.  Thanks.

[toolaa]

Some of the better Toshiba and Sony sets remember the power switch state when the AC is cut off from the plug.  In this case you could power your TV through your PC powersupply passthrough or an internal powerstrip.  I am using the BITS Ltd powerstrip and simply bring my PC out of hibernation and the TV starts right up.

[Willypill]

I thought I read somewhere about someone hooking up a button to the sensor on their remote to the TV.  Then you just push the button to turn it on or off...

[flyguy1821]

You could use infrared in your system.  Emitters control your TV or other component by transferring a signal from the remote.  Niles Intellicontrol and also Crestron are high end infrared systems but there are many other less expensive units as well.  This can be upwards of 10 X the expense of a bits limited unit like toola mentioned.  Plus with an infrared system once the TV is turned off it may not turn back on to the right channel.

You could always mount a couple buttons or switches over you TVs button to turn power on or change channel.  Some just cut a hole.

[GameOver]

There's enough space between my TV's  IR sensor & the bezel on my cab so my TV could still pick up the IR signal from the remote.  I keep the remote on a shelf next to my cab.  It works for me so I left it like that.  No complaints.

[samou812]

I used a clear plastic rod to carry the IR signal to the receiver on the TV. If you look closely at the pic you can see where I drilled a hole just big enough to fit the rod.