[kinesis]

Great solutions, and im familiar with some of them (with blackme being new to me) but unfortunately they dont target what would be the best idea in power savings - to have a program run in the background that automatically detects when you arent using the device for a pre-selected period (30 sec for example) then detect non-use, and automatically turn off the screen, which you can then turn back on with the power button, instead of something more easily pressed like the d pad.. sort of like ACPI or something. great ideas though thank you for your responses.

for me, doing something on top of locking my device is an added hassle and more work, id rather the PPC just take control of these power issues automatically.. i would guess microsoft needs to address this, its a hassle to have to work around like that.. i want seamless power savings!

is it possible to hack the registry to make microsoft's OS straight turn the screen off instead of dim it, maybe a brightness level of -1 or 0 or something? my main thing also is screen preservation, dead pixels can develop, and burn in also.. i notice if you leave the lock control app running without the screen going off , the number pad buttons burn into the screen in a sort of way.. thats not good