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PushMonitOff Links Hot Key Combo to Monitor Power Switch

Thu, Mar 5th, 2009 |

Windows only: PushMonitOff is a nifty little stand-alone executable that instantly turns your monitors off with a hot key combination, allowing you to flip them back on when needed.

Photo by Lemsipmatt.

Why would you want to turn off your monitor by keyboard instead of using the the physical monitor button? If you manually turn off the monitor, you can't awaken the monitors with input from the computer...

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