Predictive time to turn on a television based on previously used program schedules

1. A system comprising:

an electronic device, which operates to produce an output,

said electronic device having first and second electronic subsystems which collectively operate to produce said output;

said electronic device controlled by a processor, to produce said output, said processor also operating to determine a period of time where no output is being produced, and to maintain said first electronic subsystem and said second electronic subsystem into a power reduced state, and

said electronic device maintaining a database of times when said electronic device is likely to operate to produce said output, and automatically removing said first electronic subsystem from said power reduced state, and not removing said second electronic subsystem from said power reduced state at one of said times in said database, and without an indication from a user of the electronic device.

2. The device as in claim 1 , wherein said database of times includes times when the user has previously turned on the device.

3. The device as in claim 2 , wherein said electronic device automatically writes into said device dates and times when the user turns on the device.

4. The device as in claim 1 , wherein said database of times includes times of high priority events that have been received over a network.

5. The device as in claim 1 , wherein the device is a television.

6. The device as in claim 4 , wherein the device is a television, and the network is a network that provides an electronic program guide.

7. The device as in claim 5 , wherein the database also stores channels, and the television automatically turns on to a most likely channel.

8. The device as in claim 5 , wherein said first electronic subsystem is a controlling subsystem and said second electronic subsystem is a screen of the television.

9. The device as in claim 1 , wherein the power reduced state is a sleep state.

10. The device as in claim 1 , wherein said database of time also includes content, and the device turns on automatically to a specified content type based on said database.

11. The device as in claim 1 , wherein said database of times is populated based on previous wake up times if there are no times set for a current day.

12. The device as in claim 11 , wherein said times that are populated based on previous wake up times are compared against information about content from an electronic program guide.

13. A system comprising:

a television device, which operates to produce an output for display;

said television device having a processor that determines a period of time where no output is being produced, and maintains at least part of said television device in a power reduced state during said time while no output is being produced, and

said television device receiving information indicative of high priority events over a network connection, and automatically removing at least part of said television device from said power reduced state at a time prior to said high priority events, said time prior to said high priority event being measured relative to said high priority event, and said automatically removing being carried out without an indication from a user of the television device.

14. The system as in claim 13 , wherein the television device includes a first electronic subsystem for driving a display device, and a second electronic subsystem including at least a display for the device, and where said at least part of the television that is automatically removed from the power reduced state includes the first subsystem but does not include the second subsystem.

15. The system as in claim 13 , wherein said information indicative of said high priority events is stored in a database, and said database also includes times when the user has previously turned on the device and the system automatically removes said at least part of the television device from said power reduced state at times that are measured relative to when the user has previously turned on the device.

16. The system as in claim 15 wherein the television device is turned on at a same time of a different day from when the user has turned on the television previously.

17. The device as in claim 16 , wherein said television device automatically writes into said television dates and times when the user turns on the device.

18. The device as in claim 13 , wherein the network is a network that provides an electronic program guide for the television device.

19. The device as in claim 13 , wherein the information about high priority event also includes channel numbers and times.

20. The device as in claim 13 , wherein the power reduced state is a sleep state.

21. The device as in claim 15 , wherein said database also includes content, and the device turns on automatically to a specified content type as stored on said database.

22. The device as in claim 15 , wherein said database is populated based on previous wake up times if there are no times set for a current day.

23. The device as in claim 22 , wherein said times that are populated based on previous wake up times are compared against information about content from an electronic program guide.

24. A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:

operating first and second electronic subsystems which collectively operate to produce an output to be viewed by a user;

using a processor for controlling said electronic device to produce said output;

determining a period of time where no output is being produced, and maintaining said first electronic subsystem and said second electronic subsystem into a power reduced state during said period of time; and

maintaining a database of times when said electronic device is likely to operate to produce said output, and automatically removing said first electronic subsystem from said power reduced state, and not removing said second electronic subsystem from said power reduced state at one of said times in said database, and without an indication from a user of the electronic device.