Well, I can tell you that when I used my ultra accurate current meter, that there was far less power consumption while in the off state. However, my ultra accurate current meter is my hand feeling a difference in heat generation when placed on top of the box. When on for a while, the top is fairly hot, but after being off for a while, the top is nice and cool. I would assume that putting it into standby (because let's face it, you can't actually turn off electronics these days), it actually consumes far less power. However, I do not have any scientific numbers to back that up.
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 11, 2008 2:13 PM, David Brodbeck <<a href="mailto:gull@gull.us">gull@gull.us</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>On Jan 11, 2008, at 7:42 AM, Chris Weiland wrote:<br><br>> At least for my SA4250HD, I was able to modify the mythtv code<br>> slightly in order to turn on the STB when it begins capturing and
<br>> turn it off when the stream stops.<br><br></div>Do you find your STB actually draws less power when off? I haven't<br>checked mine yet, but I did check my VCR once, and I found that "on"<br>and "off" resulted in exactly the same power use. I suspect that the
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