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Originally Posted by andy
You're being far too cautious. Leaving the set's power on and using the cable box switched outlet to turn it on is just fine. You don't gain anything by letting the instant on warm up before turning the set on.
If the set is used frequently, then you could just plug it into the wall and enjoy the instant picture. Some people claim instant on is bad for the CRT, but I have never noticed a strong correlation between instant on and weak CRTs. Personally, I usually disable instant on to save power on rarely used sets.
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Thank you for the insight. Originally, my concern was if I just let the cable box switch it full on, something might fry in the set being that it was designed to be "on" all the time, I just didn't want to assume that it would power up like any other set. And I have heard the same thing regarding the CRT dying prematurely and certainly don't want that to happen, and I don't mind waiting a handful of seconds for a picture to come up...