Re: OT - More EU stupidity (TV standby buttons)


"Dom Robinson" <Usetheaddress@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not content with banning every normal lightbulb, even though my touch-
sensitive lamp doesn't actually work with energy-saving ones (it just
flickers
on/off quickly and doesn't come back on, when one of those is in), now
they
want all electrical products that have a standby button, such as TVs, to
have
those buttons removed.

First thing in the morning, my bedroom TV comes on and wakes me up (if the
*** pigeon hasn't beaten it to it) so what am I meant to do now? Wake
up
of my own accord first thing, then go down to the cellar and switch on the
power to the house, then go round each electrical item in the house and
reset
the clocks before switching on the TV just in time for when it would
normally
wake me up?

Wake up of your own accord, you poor thing!
If you can't manage that, try setting an alarm.
*Not* dependent on a standby function as far as I am aware.

Surely you of all people know what 'standby' means?
It just means you have to switch on *manually* rather
than using your remote.
--
Col

That's your excuse for everything isn't it, being dead!


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