Turn screen off?

why is there not an option under turn screen off to not automatically turn off? Shouldn't I have the option on my Touchpad for the screen to not turn itself off?
I use splashtop often to access my desktop so I can watch Netflix and I hate that after 10 minutes of watching the screen shuts off (unless I remember to touch it before the 10 minutes is up).
Should really be up to the Touchpad owner not HP.
Post relates to: HP TouchPad (WiFi)

There is but I have been reading about a lot of people having troubles with their TouchPad if they have preware on it and install HPs Updates when they are available. So I decided to not go the Preware route. I was just hoping that HP would do something about it, but alas I think such a thing will not occur.

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Haunted,
Did you know you can use the Power Button to sleep your iMac. You need to activate this option in System Preferences > Energy Saver > Options > make sure to select 'Allow Power Button to Sleep Computer'... this is about as close as you can get to sleeping your machine on demand...
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