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Is there any reason I should be worried about plugging a display into a smart plug?

I have 5 displays and it gets annoying clicking the power button on all 5 separately every time I sit down to use my PC. I've got an extra smart plug and a power bar laying around, thinking I plug all the displays into the power bar and then the power bar into the switch.

Any reason I shouldn't do this? Can cutting the power from a display while it's turned on hurt it?

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7 minutes ago, TheAgnda said:

Is there any reason I should be worried about plugging a display into a smart plug?

I have 5 displays and it gets annoying clicking the power button on all 5 separately every time I sit down to use my PC. I've got an extra smart plug and a power bar laying around, thinking I plug all the displays into the power bar and then the power bar into the switch.

Any reason I shouldn't do this? Can cutting the power from a display while it's turned on hurt it?

Shouldn't be a problem but you can just leave the displays in sleep mode and not turn them off, they use little to no power and will just wake up when the system turns on. 

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1 minute ago, W-L said:

Shouldn't be a problem but you can just leave the displays in sleep mode and not turn them off, they use little to no power and will just wake up when the system turns on. 

Sweet thanks.

 

I also have a TV that I use independent of the other displays but it's still connected to the same PC. So if I throw YouTube up there to sit back and watch something I have to manually turn off all the other displays or disable them in Windows or something.

 

This seems like the most convenient option.

Main PC: Corsair 900D | ProArt Z690-Creator | Intel 13900K | RTX 4090 | Trident Z5 (2x32GB) | 1TB 980 Pro, 2TB Sabrent Rocket 4+, 2TB 980 Pro, 1TB Sabrent Rocket | HX1200i

Capture PC: Meshify XL | Designare TRX40 | AMD 3960X | 2xRTX 4070 TI | Trident Z (4x16GB) | 2TB 970 Evo Plus, 1TB 970 Evo Plus | Dual HDMI 4K Plus LT, 2xElgato 4K 60 Pro, HX850

Media / Render PC: Corsair 900D (shared) | ASRock X399M | AMD 2970WX | RTX 4070 TI | Trident Z (2x16GB) | 2TB Samsung 970 Evo | 2xElgato HD60 Pro | HX750
Full Room Watercooling: EK X3 400 | EK-XTOP Revo Dual D5 | 4xHardware Labs 560GTX | 16xSilentWings 4 Pro  | EVGA 450 B3

Peripherals: Logitech G502 X |  Wooting 60HE | Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 | Logitech G502 Wireless | Logitech MX Keys Mechanical

Displays: Asus XG35VQ | 2xLG 24UD58-B | LG 65UH6030 | Asus VH242H | BenQ GW2480 | HP 22CWA | Kenowa CNC-1080P | Asus VC39H

Audio Interfaces : RME Fireface UFX+, Scarlett 18i20, RME HDSPe RayDAT, RME HDSPe MADI FX, RME ADI-648, RME ADI-192 DD

Audio Playback: 2xYamaha HS5 & Yamaha HS8s | Sennheiser HD820, Sennheiser IE 500 Pro, Ultimate Ears RR CIEMs

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5 minutes ago, TheAgnda said:

Sweet thanks.

 

I also have a TV that I use independent of the other displays but it's still connected to the same PC. So if I throw YouTube up there to sit back and watch something I have to manually turn off all the other displays or disable them in Windows or something.

 

This seems like the most convenient option.

You may be able to use a shortcut in that case, Try hitting the windows key + P it allows you to reconfigure the display outputs. 

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