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It seems such a waste of money and electricity to run a machine 24 hours a day just to record or watch 30 or so hours a week. My server uses about 25 watts and the cable box sucks up an additional 17 watts. So I use PowerScheduler++ to hibernate the server unless watching or recording. When PowerScheduler++ triggers hibernation, the power to the cable box is also cut using a USB controlled power strip. That leaves the server running in hibernation mode using less than 2 watts. PowerScheduler++ is set to wake up about 4 minutes prior to recording, giving the STB time to boot up and initialize. Very reliable, haven't missed a recording yet and am saving about $7 month in electric charges. Not a wad of money but over time it adds up and saves about 368 kilowatt hours per year.
It seems such a waste of money and electricity to run a machine 24 hours a day just to record or watch 30 or so hours a week.
My server uses about 25 watts and the cable box sucks up an additional 17 watts. So I use PowerScheduler++ to hibernate the server unless watching or recording. When PowerScheduler++ triggers hibernation, the power to the cable box is also cut using a USB controlled power strip. That leaves the server running in hibernation mode using less than 2 watts. PowerScheduler++ is set to wake up about 4 minutes prior to recording, giving the STB time to boot up and initialize.
Very reliable, haven't missed a recording yet and am saving about $7 month in electric charges. Not a wad of money but over time it adds up and saves about 368 kilowatt hours per year.
