More and more electronic devices are placed in the main furniture of the living room. smart tvone or more sound systems, consoles, router, PLC, WiFi access pointmedia player, TV set-top box, smart speakers, LED lamps, etc.

And a way to save on fictitious consumption and make it all a little more controlled, use a power strip as the main core of electrical connections. We plug all devices into the same multi-plug with plenty of outlets and then at night we can disconnect them all at once by pressing a switch.

However, there are some elements that should not be left completely unconnected in practice. This is, for example, the state of the router if we want to continue accessing the Internet and the operation of the local network. But there is another more extreme and important case: some modern televisions we can’t disconnect them from the electric current when they go into standby mode after turning them off from the remote.

OLED TVs, better plugged in all the time

We have already commented several times that one of the major flaws of OLED televisions is that they are made of organic compounds that can be subject to certain degradation with use; this may result in what is known in the short run. “image hold” and long-term Terrible “burnt” if we are not careful.

OLED panel image hold and burn

Fortunately, manufacturers are well aware of this inconvenience and implement functions in their models that try to avoid it. And one of these functions is what is known as “compensation cycles”It is a pixel control system that extends the lifetime of the panels.

The idea is simple but powerful. often TV analyzes the state of pixels we should not appreciate these stutters or burn-ins, varying the voltage as needed to maintain uniformity across all subpixels.

How often does he do it? Well, the usual thing is after 4 hours of use On the TV, the OS marks it on the to-do list that it needs to do a quick compensation loop, something it does automatically when we hit the off button on the remote.

What happens if we turn off the TV directly from a power strip? so what these loops are never made and over time, the degradation of pixels caused by static logos and text will accumulate, which in the long run will lead to the famous burnt out ones that no longer have a solution.

This is something that could happen easily spotted in many storesHaving dozens of TVs connected to the same strip or differential and going down when they are turned off, accumulating pixels with these distortions and giving OLED technology a very bad image by the way.

In other words, if we have an OLED television, we should always do it. let’s turn it off from the remote control and let’s “standby” mode is stuckif you decide to do these cycles or a more general one that they usually do every 2,000 hours.

So, would I waste more electricity having to leave the power strip on with all devices connected? There are models for these situations individual switched power strips for each socket this allows us to leave the TV on and the rest off.

And if what worries us is to leave the LED indicator of the TV all day, there are models that allow us to manage its operation from the configuration menu. close completely. In addition, it is possible to leave the TV in standby mode, turn on remotely via WiFi with voice assistants, send content from a Chromecast type player, etc. We will not lose the option.