[mythtv-users] How to reduce the power consumption of your mythbox by a third

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed Mar 14 02:49:44 UTC 2007


On 14/03/07, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> Switch themes.  No, really. ;)
>
> I just got a Kill-A-Watt power meter, and I was playing with it after
> connecting it to my desktop machine, which doubles as a remote
> frontend/slave backend for my Myth system.  Here are some interesting
> figures:
>
> Main  menu - G.A.N.T.           - 87 watts
> Main menu  - blue                  - 54 watts
> Playback, 480x480 MPEG2 - 62 watts

Any chance you could repeat for MythCenter-wide? Could be most
interesting for a machine on 24/7.

Nick
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