[mythtv-users] X-Box Frontend Question -- Are you guys leavingyour X-Box on all the time?

[James S. White]

Yes, but the investment will keep you from replacing your $150-$200 x-box
and spending the time to rebuild the software on it.

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James S. White                      GAPS Incorporated
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http://www.jameswhite.org           Caffeine is my anti-drug.
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On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, John Klimek wrote:

>
> Hmmm, are you referring to UPS with AVR?  Don't they cost $50 or more?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James S. White" <james at jameswhite.org>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] X-Box Frontend Question -- Are you guys
> leavingyour X-Box on all the time?
>
>
> > Same here, 24/7. There is no reason to believe it will burn up any faster
> > than a normal PC. So you should be able to get a couple of years out of
> it.
> > Although I would reccomend putting it on a UPS. Because dirty power can
> make
> > components fail faster.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > James S. White                      GAPS Incorporated
> > james at jameswhite.org                Electrical Engineer - Etc.
> > http://www.jameswhite.org           Caffeine is my anti-drug.
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate.
> > And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
> >                                                                -Jack Handy
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Kirby Vandivort wrote:
> >
> > > I leave mine on 24/7.
> > >
> > >
> > > John Klimek wrote:
> > >
> > > >I was just wondering if everybody who is running the X-Box frontend is
> > > >leaving their x-box on 24/7.  It seems like that would kill the X-Box
> > > >quickly, but maybe not?  It sure is a pain to have to keep turning it
> on and
> > > >off everytime that I want to watch something off of MythTV.
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > Kirby Vandivort                      Theoretical and Computational
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