On Jan 8, 2008 1:07 PM, Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന് <<a href="mailto:evuraan@gmail.com">evuraan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Jan 8, 2008 1:25 PM, Mitch Gore <<a href="mailto:mitchell.gore@gmail.com">mitchell.gore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> On Jan 8, 2008 11:23 AM, Daniel Arfsten <<a href="mailto:darfsten@hotmail.com">darfsten@hotmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br><br>thanks, the info/display thingy will be usefull to me as well. I will<br>throw a cron job in tonight.<br><br>What if there was a small power disruption? My backend machine would<br>boot back all the way up, I wonder what stage would the STB be? Is
<br>there a way one can ensure that the STB stays powered on, rather than<br>finding out from recordings with blank/black display? thanks.<br><br>> Just an idea you could have a cron job that runs at the top of the hour to
<br>> send the display/info key. This would keep it alive and would give minimum<br>> impact on recordings. The info screen would only be in the very beginning or<br>> end of the recording.<br>><br>> You might even be able to get by with more time as it should stay on for
<br>> atleast 3hrs (to watch a 2hr movie on a commercial station. If it turns off<br>> more frequently than that complain to the provider.<br>><br>> Mitchell<br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________
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</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br><br><br>Im not positive but i think when you first power on a STB it goes through the 15-20 min setup time. then it goes to watching your first channel available. So then keeping it alive with info button should work. This pry changes with each box tho. I used to have a SA4250HDC but have since canceled cable as OTA is good enough and 'free'.
<br><br>yes you could use the UPS. i just purchased a UPS and then returned it. i paid a $100 for a "70min" UPS. come to find out it would only power my mythbox for 11mins. if i added a STB on that maybe i would get 8mins. If you ask me its not really worth it when my power only flickers in bad ice storms ~2-3 times/year but if you are in a country were the power worse, maybe its worth spending $200+ on something that will last longer.
<br><br>Mitchell<br>