Turning gaming setups off and on

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

I was wondering this since our systems are getting so old now.

I have a setup with a Sharp CRT, with my 7800 and ps1 hooked to it. Its in my office so I play it on lunch breaks and after work, usually not for more than 1 hour sessions on weekdays.

My question is (mainly for the crt) is that ok to be powering it off and on like that? I also have everything on a power strip with a switch that I turn off so the wall warts etc aren’t wasting power when not in use.

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yes always turn off CRT’s when idle. They (typically) have no sleep mode like a LCD does, when they are on the tube is firing and all the capacitors are charged regardless of display input.

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- bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  But is the constant on and off bad?
  
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  - empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    They will wear faster being on (accumulating capacitor and electron gun power-on hours) than they do turning on and off. They are not like a hard drive where there are mechanical components that wear faster during start and warmup, they are primarily solid state electronics that care only about power on hours.
    
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cannon_annon88@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I haven’t owned one in a while, but yeah you don’t want to leave your CRT TVs on if they are not in use, same for the game consoles. They don’t have those fancy sleep timers.

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- bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Oh yeah and they suck power. I just hate modern tvs and they are always laggy feeling. Unless you get a gaming one and im not going to do that
  
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