Dr West told me that our panels are basically big capacitors, which probably explains why he’s not concerned about leaving them on. The debate about whether it’s best to turn off electronics has gone on for a long time. I prefer shutting down my AV rig when I’m done.
To make it easy to turn everything on and off, I use a smart power strip that turns on all switched plugs when it senses current flow to one component – in my case, the TV monitor. So anyone who can use a Roku stick remote can watch TV. Listening to music is more complicated. But turning everything on and off happens by touching the Roku power button…