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Originally Posted by TonyDuell
I remember one of my relatives rented a (colour) TV set where the remote control could turn it off but not on. Pressing the off button caused the power button on the set to pop out to the 'off' position with a loud click. Although (obviously) I never took the back off, I suspect there was a solenoid on the on/off switch that released the normal latching mechanism.
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Some cheap Italian no-brand TV sets in the early to mid 1980's did this. Later, Grundig reintroduced this feature with the name "eco switch".