Using an extension cord and remote to turn off screens wouldn't damage them.
Using an extension cord and remote to turn off screens wouldn't damage them.
Good evening everyone, I’m trying to figure out how to handle my screens better. I often forget to turn them all off after work since my home office has three screens. They tend to stay on even when I shut down the main laptop, which makes it easy to overlook. I was thinking about moving everything onto a single 4-port extension lead to the wall. If I connect that to a remote control, I could turn them all off with one button and have another at the door for convenience. Would simply switching them on and off each day affect their lifespan or cause any electrical issues? In the UK, I assume there are specific guidelines for plugs and power usage?
Sure, plugging them into a single surge protector and remote turning that off (some sort of smart plug) can work fine... However. If we're talking about PC monitors, I can't think of a single reason why you'd ever need to do this. Monitors for forever have supported sleep when they don't detect a signal so if you're turning off the PC or the PC is set to turn off the display after a set amount of time, the monitors will just go to sleep/low power mode. That's their expected use case. There is no reason to power them off any other way. That's how we've been doing things for 30+ years.
They often rest and think about whether leaving them on might cause problems over time.
Similar to personal computers, it tends to degrade more quickly if you frequently disconnect and reconnect them. The abrupt surge in current increases wear over time. It may seem absurd, but research consistently confirms this effect. You can perform thousands of cycles without issues, yet there’s a threshold beyond which performance drops. Keeping the devices powered on significantly reduces strain. In truth, they remain in deep sleep, using virtually no power.