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<blockquote data-quote="SurferSan" data-source="post: 963953" data-attributes="member: 121187"><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SurferSan, post: 963953, member: 121187"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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