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

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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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Some people prefer to switch at the wall. What I don't understand is people saying they switch off the TV by pressing the remote off. If you are pressing off the remote, the TV is on standby.

Standby. The only time we turn it off at the socket is if we're going on a long holiday.

I turn it off.

It may not cost much to me in terms of money to leave it on standby but the cost to the environment of all those TVs and other devices left on standby for convenience is far greater.

It might still be a drop in the ocean but every little helps… Is it really so hard to walk a few steps to press a power button or unplug a device?

I don't ever touch it. Haha. I just stare at my phone and passively accept the entertainment that someone else has selected on the telly.

Standby. I don’t bend over to remove plugs.

I just turn off the switch on the plug socket

Loads of responses lol! I'll read them later...

I personally always switch off at the wall but it's starting to give me a bad back and I'm wondering if it's really necessary! I switch plugs off almost everywhere other than WiFi and fridge.

Fear of fire is the only reason.

Never on standby, has to be turned on at the TV (so it's left on at the plug). But it's an old TV and it won't always turn on if you leave it on standby, so I always turn it off.

Smart plugs use 1-2W on standby, while a TV uses about 0.5W on standby.

So plugging your TV into smart socket so you can full switch it off at night will use more electricity. (we are still in the couple of £ a year range) Plus the cost of the smart socket.

Standby, otherwise its sometimes downloading software updates once its switched back on often, whereas on standby it does it in the background.

Standby.

I’ve only ever heard of one person who shuts everything off except the fridge, also due to fear of fires.

Plug.
But my tv hasn’t been on since around November.

Standby. But my parents always switched off AND unplugged every night and if away. They also turn off the water if going away for more than one day.

Never turn off, left on standby. Was away 2.5 months once, didn't turn it off.

Turned off unless we're watching something.

Standby

The difference in money from switching the power off at wall or leave it on standby by the remote is negligible.

If you have a main electricity switch to prevent electrical power surges and potential fire hazards, you don't need to keep bending. If there is an electrical shock, the main switch will turn off.

Off at the multiplug. Not even sure how to leave it on standby!

I switch off the TV but not the plug.

Standby.

But my 21m toddler is a stickler for turning things off at the wall, he's always switching the doorbell off. He does a little double take and stops.what he's doing if he sees an on switch.

Most TVs nowadays don’t seem to have an on/off switch on the actual television.

Standby life is too short

Wouldn’t have a clue if our tv has on/off switch

Always on standby, even when we go on holiday.

We had massive electric bills and bought a plug that goes into a socket and can be plugged into to measure power and work out what was eating the electric. We replaced the fridge as a result.

But the 4K UHD TV guzzles power as well. We keep the Virgin TV box on standby to record, but the TV is automatically turned off at the wall by our smart commands when we go to bed. We can turn it back on with a different command.

Saved us hundreds a year.