[mythtv-users] Heat issues with USB ATSC tuners?

[Robin Gilks]

> On 8/30/2012 15:16, rsh1k wrote:
>> Even 500ma at 5v (2.5w) is significant to me - I'm trying to build the
>> lowest power machine possible, and 7.5w for three tuners is almost as
>> much as the whole rest of the system...
>
> This all really seems like far too much ado about nothing. Unless you're
> talking about off-the-grid operation, electricity is cheap. For a piece
> of hardware running all day, every day, it typically comes out to around
> $1/W/yr.  Is a couple bucks really worth all the heartache you're
> putting into planning such a low power device?

Where do you live? Electricity is *NOT* cheap and prices rise on average
at twice the rate of inflation. In 10 years when I have retired I don't
expect to be able to afford what my consumption is now so anything to
mitigate that use is worth looking into NOW.

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Robin Gilks