Timed control access to playstation

I am so bewildered at the amount of x-10 'stuff' out there, that I can't seem to find a straight forward solution to my problem. I have no X-10 experience nor equipment and usually the most helpful people are found in groups like this. I also applogize for the newbie question.

My Problem(s) How can I control the access to my son's play station such that they can only use it for 1 hour a day? How could I control the TV so that it is only on for 2 hours a day? Ideally this would be done automatically, where the child would turn the playstation on (perhaps at an X-10 controller that would then turn on the outlet?) then after a predetemined time period the x-10 controller would 'time out' the plug by turning the playstation off. If the child turned the playstation off before the alloted time, they could keep the remaining minutes for later in the day.

My Environment I have no current X-10 equipment, but I do have a wired computer network.

Any input would be great. And I think I'm prepared to spend $150 to solve the problem.

Cheers, Marc

Why not buy one of those cheap kitchen timers and set it for one hour. When it goes off, the Playstation gets turned off without argument. If you catch the child cheating, the Playstation gets donated to the Salvation Army or some other reputable charity. If the child knows you mean what you say and has any desire to use the Playstation again, they'll follow your rules. If your rules are basically ignored, you might want to check out the web site

if you do buy an automated solution to this problem, someday more critical rules might be ignored with serious consequences.

Here is a bunch of ideas.

If you use X10 it would be really easy for your kid to figure out how to stop it.

Yah; x-10 is INTENDED to be easy to use (=no security/pw controls)

Depending on the kid's age; he may even have more fun playing with the x-10 stuff itself (my 5yo grandnephew thinks that all of the x-10 lights & cameras in our house are his personal play-toy...)