[mythtv-users] How to ensure STB is powered ON? Re: SA3250HD is turning itself off?
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Fri Jan 11 19:13:25 UTC 2008
On Jan 11, 2008, at 7:42 AM, Chris Weiland wrote:
> At least for my SA4250HD, I was able to modify the mythtv code
> slightly in order to turn on the STB when it begins capturing and
> turn it off when the stream stops.
Do you find your STB actually draws less power when off? I haven't
checked mine yet, but I did check my VCR once, and I found that "on"
and "off" resulted in exactly the same power use. I suspect that the
same may be true of a lot of STBs.
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