Screen turns off after a few minutes of inactivity

Hi guys,
Not sure if this is a DE/X related problem or kernel.
Running KDE 4.2.4 and my monitor would switch off after a while of inactivity.  I have disabled DPMS for the monitor and I've ensure that screensavers or power management in KDE is disabled.  Where else can I look?  I don't like this behavior.  (irritating when watching a movie and the screen just powers down)

Is there a way to "disable" Standby, Suspend and Off just when watching movies (in fullscreen or not)? I want them to do what they usually do in all other cases.
Setting them to 0 in xorg.conf does the thing, but I need that functionality only when I'm wathing movies. Making a script that alters adjustments in xorg.conf isn't the best solution - you'd have to restart X every time you want to watch a movie .
Cheers,
Daniel

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