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have media center pc turn off tv when video is turned off

Mar 28, 2009 3:40AM PDT

I have a Media Center PC attached to a Samsung LN40B650 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV via HDMI and currently I need to use the remote control to turn the TV on and off. I wish the TV would automatically turn off when the PC turns off video (e.g., when it's been inactive for a while).

Does anyone know of a way to get the Samsung to turn off in the absence of video signal? The manual has nothing on a function like this. Likewise, googling Internet revealed nothing. Hard for me to believe that in the Media Center community this problem hasn't been solved.

Thanks!
Steve

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have media center pc turn off tv when video is turned off
Mar 30, 2009 12:02PM PDT

stevensaito,

There is no such functionality that I'm aware of. The television itself does have a timer if you'd like it to turn off at specific times automatically, or turn it on (to the tuner or LinkStick inputs only) at a certain time.

But there's no automatic connectivity that determins an inactive input and enbales an automatic shut-off.

--HDTech

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works with vga
Apr 1, 2009 7:08AM PDT

fyi for anyone who runs into this prob: if you use the input on the TV that's marked for PC (it's VGA on my samsung) the TV behaves like a proper computer monitor. When you shake the mouse it wakes up, and when the computer turns video off the screen goes into an off mode with red light flashing. Wake up is much quicker than when you use the "hard" off.

Hopefully in later models they'll apply same function to the HDMI outputs. Problem with VGA is screen clarity is lower.