Whose Idea Was It…
To make monitors that aren’t “off” when they are off?
I was reminded again how annoying I find this last night. We had a severe thunderstorm at and for a while after bedtime, and a resulting blink off of the power for a moment. When I got up to use the bathroom, the computer room was all lit up in varying colors, almost as if one of the computers had been left on and the screensaver had kicked in. Since we had shut them both down, I knew that couldn’t be.
Oh right! My 19” AOC CRT monitor is on when it’s off. The power indicator is green when you have it on, amber when you have it off, and it draws power at all times. When the power goes out, it returns to on instead of its version of “off” when the power is restored. Seeing no signal, it sits there flashing through a series of different colored screens, kind of self-test screensaver style, bright enough to light up a room.
Hello the manufacturers! Off means off. Yes, I understand that almost everything of any sophistication these days draws a trickle of current to stay in ready state. However, that shouldn’t mean blindly going into full on if the power fails completely and is subsequently restored.
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