On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:48:42AM +0100, Udo Richter wrote: > Marko M?kel? wrote: > >>Actually I would press the pause button, as I usually don't want to miss > >>anything. And then the playback should be halted anyway, no matter if > >>display is on or off. > > > >But you surely would power the display off, to avoid burning the still > >image on the CRT or plasma screen or to save the precious hours on the > >lamp of your video beamer? Or maybe you have a TFT screen and do not > >care about wasting electricity? > > Actually, I have a plain old CRT that doesn't seriously suffer from > burning in. (provide that I resume playback within a month or so. ;) ) > > And if I want to save power, I power off the CRT completely, and thats > something my VDR cannot do on its own (yet). Just blanking the screen > has no advantage for me. I'll shortly make my updated vdr-relay plugin available, adapted for your shutdown rewrite patch. Then you can install a simple solid-state relay to a spare RS-232 port. I ended up installing mine inside the soon 20-year-old 14" CRT, to reduce clutter. I control everything from the bundled Hauppauge remote control unit. http://www.iki.fi/~msmakela/electronics/relay/ For the cable, I used an old mouse cord that I soldered to a mono plug. I attached a mono jack to the monitor's back together with a manual override switch. The solid-state relay is connected in series with the power switch of the monitor. Marko
