[mythtv-users] UPnP, ripped DVD's, and the PS3

[Raymond Wagner]

On 5/31/2010 19:37, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Monday, May 31, 2010 05:25:18 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>    
>> On 5/31/2010 18:52, Brian Wood wrote:
>>      
>>> It better, for over 175 watts consumed at idle, and closer to 185 playing
>>> back. Might be cheaper to buy the DVDs than to pay the power bill :-)
>>>        
>> There.  Fixed that for you.
>>      
> Hmmm. My Kill-a-Watt indicated 205 watts at idle, and 245-255 playing back an HD file. I was playing back under Linux,
> using mplayer from the command line, playing an NFS-mounted file, not the Sony UPnP client, I'm not sure what if any
> difference that would make.
>    

This article was about three months after release, so probably running 
the release unit.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-356-3.htm
The official rated consumption on the release units was 'around 180 
watts'.  The slims are now around one third that.