I'm not sure how old your television was, but I haven't seen a physical power switch on a TV since the 1980's. Newer models have an electronic power button so

I'm not sure how old your television was, but I haven't seen a physical power switch on a TV since the 1980's. Newer models have an electronic power button so that you can turn it on manually or with the remote. If there were a physical power switch on a modern TV, switching it off would render the remote useless until you walked over to the TV to turn it on.