My television corner is a jungle of appliances most of which have external transformers and/or standby options which gobble electricity whether I’m using them or not. I plug them all into a multi-socket power board which in turn plugs into a single wall socket. When I’m not viewing I just turn off the wall socket and the whole lot shuts down. Turn on the wall socket and all the appliances wake up again. The only useful thing I lose is the clock setting on my VCR, which only takes a minute to reset on the rare occasions I forward plan a recording. By the way, a power board with surge protection will also protect your equipment from power surges which may start to occur if power supplies become less reliable in the future.
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Jul