Why do TV's have standby?

Poe Bird

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Call me crazy, but when I was growing up a tv had one of two choices: on, or off. And all this could be achieved from your armchair by use of a remote.

Since moving to the UK, there's a third option for having it on standby. Why? What was wrong with on and off?
That's what gets me. You could turn it straight on from off before, without having to have it on standyby first.
 
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