During the design the process of VIA Touch Panel about two years ago, it was decided that component power was to be handled in one of two ways, discrete power commands or the SR-1. We felt that most modern components have discrete power commands (Sony just might prove us wrong). However, Elan is in the process of releasing the long awaited SR-1 that will be able to handle a component’s power state..

I’ll check on the release date of the SR-1 tomorrow and post an update.