back to blogging here, idle power is still a live issue

I've been writing a book and bring up a small boy, so my attention drifted away from this site, sorry dear reader. In the meantime excellent devices like current cost have come on to the market, allowing for long term monitoring of household power consumption.
Many newer products like Pure's DAB radios and some Sony TVs are often sub 1W in idle mode, these efforts are to be commended. However this is great if you are buying a new radio or tv, but these tend to be products we own for a long, long time. Many people own a tv or radio for a decade or longer. Idle power consumption was not a marketing issue back then, so these products still exist, hence the need for switched power strips.