Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Power saving remote strips need to get smarter

I recently bought a Belkin power strip which helps save power by switching off power supply to all electronic devices (TV, VCR, PS3, Wii, DVD player, Bose audio system, cable receiver). The power strip comes with a remote. Instead of 10 devices listening for remotes, I just have one.

But, most electronic devices were never made to work very well with this kind of model. Here are some problems I have with this device

(1) My PS3 is a full fledged computer, which works better if I don't cut-off power supply regularly. PS3 would like me to shut it down before i cut off the power supply

(2) Bose does not have hard-state memory..So,i have to reconfigure it every time i restart it

(3) My Direct-tv cable receiver box has a 10-minute startup time if i reboot it.

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