On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Karl Dietz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dekarl@spaetfruehstuecken.org" target="_blank">dekarl@spaetfruehstuecken.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 20.10.2012 03:48, tortise wrote:<br>
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Basic problem is a good fast frontend computer draws power even when<br>
switched off, as does a TV.<br>
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Just throwing out some ideas I collected for NoStandbyStandby :-)<br>
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When I was thinking about the same issue I ended up with a concept for<br>
a IR receiver that outputs to a relay to cut power to PC/TV/itself and<br>
the IR data to LIRC.<br>
It would have a low power mode where it runs on a capacitor big enough<br>
for one week of IR reception and still having enough juice to pull the<br>
relay in front of the PC. The relay was self-latching and be reset at<br>
the end of the shutdown (as indicated by the PSU turning of power).<br>
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Regards,<br>
Karl<br>
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PS: As others pointed out, its mostly Because We Can run without<br>
external power.<br></blockquote></div><br>Just my $.02 - but I would gladly pay the *standby power fees* to alleviate the messages my TVs have after full power loss and the navigation required to get rid of them.<br><br>
Seriously - if you have MythTV, you already have the Rolls Royce of DVRs, you cannot expect it to compete in the same PS arena as the 2 tuner crap you can get with the US providers (they turn off their lights, but the computer is still fully running). None of them have wake on recording, etc.. <br>