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<blockquote data-quote="SpudR" data-source="post: 1141589" data-attributes="member: 54104">This conversation reminds me of the NASA space pen/pencil apocryphal story <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&lt;no_offense_implied&gt;<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />Do you all live in such huge rooms that you cannot simply turn things off/on with the power buttons? Or cannot wait the few seconds for things to power up?I think I must live in a simple world, with reasonably small rooms - if I'm not using whatever (or it's not performing a service of some kind) it gets switched off/powered down. When I need it I simply walk the massive length of 8 meters to the TV &amp; HTPC and power them up. This means I manage to maintain my weight, teaches me the extremely useful virtue of being patient, and saves me money too. I am slowly carving out my own groove, and does cause extra wear and tear, in the carpet though, perhaps I should calculate the cost of this...If I need the HTPC to record something, I simply leave it on.&lt;/no_offense_implied&gt;Anyhow - isn't this getting a little off topic good people??<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />I wanna know more about this funky little box!<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does it get hot?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">How noisy is it (one from the GF here).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Picture quality and performance detail.</li>
</ul>Stuff along those lines...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpudR, post: 1141589, member: 54104"] This conversation reminds me of the NASA space pen/pencil apocryphal story :D <no_offense_implied>(y) Do you all live in such huge rooms that you cannot simply turn things off/on with the power buttons? Or cannot wait the few seconds for things to power up? I think I must live in a simple world, with reasonably small rooms - if I'm not using whatever (or it's not performing a service of some kind) it gets switched off/powered down. When I need it I simply walk the massive length of 8 meters to the TV & HTPC and power them up. This means I manage to maintain my weight, teaches me the extremely useful virtue of being patient, and saves me money too. I am slowly carving out my own groove, and does cause extra wear and tear, in the carpet though, perhaps I should calculate the cost of this... If I need the HTPC to record something, I simply leave it on. </no_offense_implied> Anyhow - isn't this getting a little off topic good people??:rolleyes: I wanna know more about this funky little box! [LIST] [*]Does it get hot? [*]How noisy is it (one from the GF here). [*]Picture quality and performance detail. [/LIST] Stuff along those lines... [/QUOTE]

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