[mythtv-users] Power Saving Frontend Ideas

[Anthony Messina]

On Sunday 13 April 2008 03:23:48 pm steve wrote:
> |> I'm curious for input on the issue of power saving in a frontend. What
> |> techniques people have used, setups, etc.
> |>
> |> Do you shutdown your frontend when not in use, put it in power-saving
> |> mode, leave it on?
>
> other than the pennies it might save by turning it off or suspend, whats
> really the point....  everything of mine stays on 24x7.  it uses more
> power to turn everything back on than it does to keep it running, plus
> puts more stress on the components.

that's not been my experience.  with S3, suspend to ram, on my master backend 
and two separate frontends, i shaved $25/mo from my electric bill.  i would 
say that's a decent chunk of cash.

the backend shuts down and wakes automagically using acpi wakeup and the 
frontends are powered up and down using the power key of the mce remote--1 
click on, 1 click off.

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