Quote Originally Posted by Etihtsarom View Post
Interested. This would help a lot b/c receivers run pretty hot and tend to be forgotten about after TV and HTPC have been turned off. So it'll sit there, generate heat and sip energy. I've even thought about hotwiring the receiver's powerswitch to a wireless lightsensor aimed @ the TV screen so that whenever the TV is turned off, the sensor would trip the powerswitch and turn off the receiver. But if THIS could work...
We have surge protected power strips that switch off components based on other components being turned off. I don't use one though, because:

Also, why are you leaving the receiver on? My Harmony shuts everything off with 1 button. I push it and start walking away.

Sounds like you guys need a Harmony remote