Nope, I don't...  I should since you'll save some money on the electric bill.. but im just too damn lazy..

No, and you shouldn't. You only do that when you don't plan on using it for a long while. As in a couple of weeks.

" No, and you shouldn't. You only do that when you don't plan on using it for a long while. As in a couple of weeks. "

No. I used to, but I then realized I could save a fraction of a second of effort for every power on and off just by ignoring it.

Nope. I like being able to use the touch sensitive power button. :)

OK...I think people got me wrong here. What I meant is that do you switch it off after the ps3 has powered down. Of course I don't use the back off button while the machine is still running. 

" @LiquidPrince said:

" No, and you shouldn't. You only do that when you don't plan on using it for a long while. As in a couple of weeks. "

Why shouldn't you use it? "

I used to turn it off, but then my PS3 broke, and I'm pretty sure that turning off the power with the switch was the reason.

naw i turn if off to save some energy in my house.

No, because my PS3 is in a unit so I can't reach the back it even if I wanted to.

I do since I don't play my PS3 that much.

I turn it off cause i dont want it sucking up power if im not playing it.

How much do you actually save if you bother to do that, though? Is it as significant as leaving a light on?

I do.

I've heard the extra energy needed to power up a "cold" console/TV/whatever is actually more then whats used by leaving it on standby. Then again some people just pull facts like these out of their ass to support their argument so that could be BS.
 
Me, I don't bother turning it off at the back.

My consoles/TV are all plugged into the same power socket [fire hazard ftw] so I turn that off instead.

I unplug it along with the tele and xbox360 if I'm away for the weekend or longer then two days. I fear lightning, and you know they dont happen while your at work.

I try to remember to switch the back button after I have powered down, but alot of times I forget and realize it's still on the next morning.

Only then I'm not planing to use it for a long time. Like two weeks or more.

Everytime I am done playing Fat Princess or Burnout Paradise, I shut the PS3 off by the heat/touch sensor, then I turn the switch on the back off. Then, after that, I un plug the power cord and wrap it up. But if I am playing any other game, like shatter or WipEout HD, I tend to just leave the console running, maybe put on like 12 downloads meanwhile, and right when it says "installing, please do not shut down console, I ussually un plug it.  Maybe all that is my OCD.

" NEVER SWITCH IT OFF IN THE BACK!!! just use the sensors. if you do, it'll do the PS3 equivalent of the Red Ring of Death. I've had my PS3 since launch year and it works perfectly. I never use the switch in the back. On my ps2 i used to do that... and it stopped working three times. "

" No. I used to, but I then realized I could save a fraction of a second of effort for every power on and off just by ignoring it. "

no... and it's not really that I'm in favor of the touch-sensitive button. I am how ever in favor of being able to turn my PS3 on with my controller... 
 
@EthanML said:

" I've heard the extra energy needed to power up a "cold" console/TV/whatever is actually more then whats used by leaving it on standby. Then again some people just pull facts like these out of their ass to support their argument so that could be BS.  Me, I don't bother turning it off at the back. "

" NEVER SWITCH IT OFF IN THE BACK!!! just use the sensors. if you do, it'll do the PS3 equivalent of the Red Ring of Death. I've had my PS3 since launch year and it works perfectly. I never use the switch in the back. On my ps2 i used to do that... and it stopped working three times. "

WhT? This is kind of a useless thread, But interesting at the same time

I keep everything on standby.

Only during a thunder storm because all the circuit breakers are on the computers.

I really always keep it on Standby. When I go away or unplug the system, I will turn it off with the switch.

"Only during a thunder storm because all the circuit breakers are on the computers. "

Nope, But I would If i am going out for a few days of weeks.

" Nope, I don't...  I should since you'll save some money on the electric bill.. but im just too damn lazy.. "

no, i'm to lazy to switch it off in the back.

No I don't flip the switch in the back.

No, never.

Normally I don't turn it off using the back but lately I've had to because I dont have enough electric outlets for my Wii, PS3, 360, and PS2 :(

" I used to turn it off, but then my PS3 broke, and I'm pretty sure that turning off the power with the switch was the reason. "

Nope, never do.

Nope. It's a pain to turn it on again for me since it's so close to my other electronics.