The monster box also has a triggered AC input, but since the 1050 does not have a switched outlet, that's partially moot. However, my cable box does have a switched output, therefore triggering works fine, as long as I have the cable box and the 1050 on at the same time.
You could up the trigger voltage/current to anything you wanted with a wall transformer of the desired voltage and a transistor circuit. One of these days, I'm going to do it, as its pretty simple and would allow me to get rid of the cable box.
Just a couple of cheap thoughts, in case the Niles solution is pretty expensive.
S.