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Did you know that your DVR box is an energy hog?
Power Hogs of Home Entertainment
Interesting article and eye-opening! Satellite boxes use about as much energy when they’re turned off.
I particularly noted this passage:
“Energy experts say the boxes could be just as efficient as smartphones, laptop computers or other electronic devices that use a fraction of the power thanks to microprocessors and other technology that conserves electricity. Ideally, they say, these boxes could be put into a deep sleep mode when turned off, cutting consumption to a few watts. At that rate, a box could cost less than $1 a month for power, depending on how much it is used.”
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SomeJoe7777
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10 years ago
A U-Verse STB (non-DVR unit) draws about 9 watts, whether on or on standby. The DVR draws a bit more, about 18 watts on or standby if the hard drive is spinning (i.e. recording or playback), only about 11 watts if the hard drive goes to sleep.
Satellite boxes tend to draw a lot more power than cable or IPTV units because the satellite boxes have to send power up to the LNB on the front of the dish, and to any multiswitches that are in the signal path.
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skeeterintexas
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Anonymous
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Here is a post on another thread about this exact thing: http://forums.att.com/t5/ACE-Lounge/Interesting-Factoid/m-p/4003444/highlight/true#M12243
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dhascall
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Of course a one post wonder started this thread and never reappeared...........
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Mouzou
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Unbelievable! I have started a quest to slay all the energy vampires around the home, and the entertainment centers are a huge part, as seen in the linked articles here.
The pitiful thing is that it takes 2-3 minutes to reinitialize the DirecTV DVR after being unplugged (actually on a smart plug that is turned off).
Considering that we really only turn DirectTv on for football, there is a huge potential for wasted energy.
What's more, the STB - secondary boxes - will not contact to satellite if the main box is unplugged.
Come on, guys - I'm not a greenie, but I do believe that waste has never been good. Come up with a better way for these devices to be more energy responsible when we aren't using them!!
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Mouzou
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5 years ago
What a joke 🙄
Sorry AT&T, I'm not leaving these plugged in anymore.
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_xyzzy_
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If that a dvr, fine, leave it unplugged if you want. Of course when you want to use it you'll have to wait for the boot up sequence to complete and, oh, more importantly, be careful not to schedule anything to record during the time you keep it unplugged! Receivers of course all you need to do is wait for the reboot and required the recordings list from the dvr which you also must have plugged back in and rebooted before those receivers.
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