Lewis,
Your PD-54 has a standby mode? In other words, you can turn it on and off with the remote that came with the player? If so, that's interesting because my PD-65 only has a hard power on.
All,
I understand the idea of leaving components on at all times, but I am not comfortable...
I don't know why manufacturers tend to leave out a standby mode (i.e., on/off via the remote) with CD players when they include it all the time with DVD players. The only CD players I have ever owned that have a standy mode are my Sony megachangers.
For the record, I leave my components...