Settle this for me, in your house DO you or do you NOT...

[SitOnHisFaceIfHeDiesHeDies]

Leave the TV on standby? As in if you know you're not going to be using it again for the next few hours / days do you switch it off via remote control or do you switch off the actual plug?

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TV switched off at the wall overnight. I didn't used to do this, but the wiring and sockets are old in this house as is the tv and the tv power point has a couple of items plugged in on the single power point. Also I heard a fireman once say that quite a lot of fires are started by tv's being not being switched off at the mains when not in use, but this was many years ago, so not sure if this is still true. I will continue to switch off my old tv at the wall until I get my wiring checked and updated.

Standby. If it's unplugged, it goes through a long and tedious start up process.

I wish I'd never bought the fucker, it's pisspoor in bright light. My old one died during the first lockdown, so I had to buy a new one online without seeing it.

I had no idea people turned them off at the wall. It would never have occurred to me to do that, even when going on holiday. Ours is just turned off with the remote.

My grandparents always turned theirs off at the wall, I’ve never done so but now I’m questioning whether I should

Standby - we can't get at the socket without moving the whole fireplace etc., so that's not happening every night!

What makes your WiFi and fridge plugs less fire risk?

I'd have to pull the whole cabinet out, so standby

Standby. Would have to remove it from the wall to access the plug to unplug it.

Standby so that it can be switched on via remote or voice control. We have the Sky Glass system and it works entirely off the internet connection, so it’s a pain to reboot if you switch off altogether. Having said that there are some built in energy saving features which are quite good.

@SitOnHisFaceIfHeDiesHeDies Standby for us, but as @MyrtleLion has given us an example of, it's accepted wisdom that not leaving electrical items on standby saves you electricity and hence, money.

This 😀

Always unplug overnight and when away.

Neither.
Mine has a button on the front. It gets switched off there every time someone has finished with it.

We turn ours off with the remote then at the plug when we go to bed.

Off at the wall here. Socket is not difficult to access. Is it not dangerous to have inaccessible sockets in use?

Standby but turn off at the wall when I’m away

Standby for me, but way back when my parents would unplug it (early 80’s) if we were due a storm overnight ⛈️

I remember mumblings of lightening strikes coming through the socket?

We turn it off at the wall when we go to bed and it doesn't go on again until we want to watch tv the next evening. We rarely record anything, so that's not an issue, and walking six feet to switch something on and off isn't exactly taxing, is it?

Always on standby…

Standby. Our TVs do a few things while they’re “off”, and we like being able to turn them on a play using voice commands. But could probably use a smart plug to switch them off overnight most of the time without impacting our convenience and save some electricity. Might look into that.

No, but moving the floor to ceiling bookcase that’s in front of the plug socket would be 😂

If I leave mine on standby it comes on again at about three in the morning. It’s not a great way to wake up!

I'm sure my tv instructions said to leave it on standby all the time so it can do updates.
I have another set upstairs which isn't a smart tv so I switch it off at the socket when I'm not watching it.

It’s on standby so I can record stuff. I only switch it off if I’m going to be away for ore than a week.

Off. We unplug everything apart from the fridge!