[Spontaneo]

A few nights ago, I laid down to rest. A Joyce Meyer Ministries sermon was on. So, I listened with my eyes closed.

The next thing you know, I woke up. Morning!

The television automatically had shut off by itself in the middle of the night as I sure didn't! Kind of freaked myself out!

Does your television shut off automatically also?

[Fergal]

I'm not sure that our TV does, but it is a good idea, it helps save on electricity if no one is watching it, good for your bills and good for the environment.

[OldGuy]

Way back in the 1980s, I had a small TV set with a built in VCR tape player. I could put in a tape to watch whatever and when it reached the end of the tape, it would automatically rewind the tape, spit it out the door and turn the whole thing off all by itself. I wore that thing out with probably 1000 tapes over several years. It did not turn off by itself if I was just watching some broadcast show.

I got rid of TV when the local cable company nearly tripled the monthly bill in a single increase and have not had any TV since then. That was back in 1995. I switched to watching videos online and never went back.

If I am just watching one show, the computer will automatically go into sleep mode within a few minutes of the end of the show. If I switch on auto play, it will run through several videos nonstop, but will eventually pause with a message – something along the line of “continue play”. If I don't respond, it will just switch to sleep mode and stop. It does not exactly switch off, but sleep mode cuts the power by about 95% until I wake up and either turn it off or begin viewing something else.

It should not be any surprise that a TV can shut itself off by itself 45 years after it did it by stopping a taped show. If you take time to actually find and read the manual, there is probably a setting to make it do its thing when you want it to do so.

[Spontaneo]

Before I got my recent television, I did still have have one of those televisions with a slot for a video cassette. I had a favorite exercise tape, right? The video cassette slot chewed up my video. Totally broke the whole television. So, I went without.

My awesome landlord bought myself an Amazon television. I am grateful.

[ptrikha21]

I have a Smart TV from Xiaomi. I think it could be having an Auto shutdown feature but I have not explored.
Will check if it has that feature.

[mrki444]

My TV turn of automatic after 3 hours if I didn't switch channel or change noise. I get 2 minute warning before it turn off. I like this option since every night I go sleep with TV on.

[Treborika]

For me the one that l am using does not have that feature, like automatic on and off system.

[Streamguy69]

I think all new models of television sets have the sleep timer in the settings. I used to use it because I would always fall asleep with the television on.