Incredibly, it is estimated that 75% of the power used by a television over its lifetime is consumed when it appears to be turned off!  With an estimate of well over 200 million televisions in use in the United States alone, imagine the waste.  The solution?  Until manufacturers ‘get with the program’ and make televisions that are really off when you turn them off, either unplug them from the wall when not in use, or use a power strip.