New TV Told Not To Turn It Off Overnight

wongataa

Eldi_Dos said:

But we digress why does TV have to upgrade at night rather than when TV is on standby during the day.

Updating a TV will disrupt any use of the TV.  People are more likely to want to use a TV during the day so updating it then would cause more disruption to users of the TV.  The updates would have to be paused to allow use of the TV meaning the updates are more likely to not happen or people are forced to wait for the updates to complete to use the TV.

If the TV updates overnight when people are unlikely to want to use it then there is less disruption and disgruntled users of the TV.

Grumpy_chap

Generally, I don't think any damage will be caused by unplugging the TV at night - just wait for the device to be fully in standby before switching off at the wall.

Many modern TV's do a software update overnight on a periodic basis.  If this can't happen at night, I suppose it will eventually process during the day when it may interrupt viewing for a short while.

brewerdave

I'm using a timer to shut off my 4 year old Samsung TV at the mains for 7 hours overnight - just checked and the software is fully updated.

sheslookinhot

Electrical devices are “stressed” more at start up than normal running temperature. Frequent starts ups will result in a shorter life than simply running or in sleeping mode ( standby).

Kim_13

This is a feature of OLED TVs. If you do get screen burn in due to the TV not spending long enough in standby to complete the screen maintenance process, it will not be covered by the warranty. If it isn’t an OLED, it’s probably only advised for updates and wouldn’t be such a problem to ignore it.

I recently got an OLED TV (Philips) and the instructions do state that the TV should be unplugged before a storm. So it spends some nights unplugged depending on the forecast. Some lightening forecasts actually materialise, others don’t. I don’t have the handy light that another poster does to indicate whether refreshing is in progress, so I always make sure that it has been on standby for several hours before unplugging it.

I can trigger a screen refresh manually, but the instructions are clear that this should only be done when needed (actual image retention not cleared by 8 hours standby) as it can reduce the lifetime of the OLED panel.