[mythtv-users] Who's going to be the first?

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Thu Sep 2 01:08:57 UTC 2010


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
...
>>> One major problem with that approach: requires leaving the myth box on
>>> all the time, which I've stopped doing. Why have such a power-hungry
>>> system on 24/7 if it doesn't need to be? The power supply even on the
>>> ASRock ION330 HT box I've got is 65W. The new AppleTV draws 6W. Heck,
>>> I might get two of them, and replace the older one I already have,
>>> just for the power savings. :)
>>
>> That makes sense.  I have a single combined FE/BE, so it pretty much
>> has to be on all the time.
>
> There is nothing revolutionary about the hardware that saves power..
> If we all had an iphone in a pc case, im sure we could say the same..
> I'm personally not too excited about getting something apple that is
> obviously discounted on the hardware so I know they are banking on the
> money back on services.  Don't get me wrong, they have done some
> things that have changed the industry(s), but I do not buy into it.
> As much as I like their hardware designs, I always end up throwing
> linux on it  :)

I already have more than enough Linux by way of my day job. These
days, more and more, I like stuff at home that Just Works without the
tinkering. Can only take on so many hacking projects and still have
time to do fun stuff w/my wife and kids. :)


-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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