PB Wakes from Sleep When HDTV is Shut Off?

I have a 12"PB (10.5.6) hooked up via mini-DVI to VGA to a 47" LG HDTV (47LG50). I love this setup, but I'm having a problem keeping the PB asleep. When I'm done using the computer, I hit opt-apple-eject to put it to sleep and then switch the TV input to the cable box or whatever. The PB stays asleep successfully until I power down the television. At that point it wakes. When I try to put it back to sleep, the light on the front pulses once and then wakes again.
Anyone have any fixes for this? I'll even accept a work around, like having the PB sleep unless I hit a certain key combo or something... I don't want to leave the computer on for most of the day.
Thanks!!!

Hi, James. Not that I'm aware of. If there is, it probably involves entering commands into the Terminal, with which I have barely a nodding acquaintance. My one accomplishment in the Terminal has been instructing my MBP not to wake from sleep when the display is opened, and I managed that successfully only because someone more knowledgeable than I am told me exactly how to do it.
If that can be done, perhaps your computer could be instructed to ignore whatever little blip your TV set sends to the computer when you turn it off. But to do so, you'd have to know what the computer calls that little blip and how to incorporate its name into a command in the proper syntax. That's all well beyond me. I hope someone else will pitch in to help.

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