[mythtv-users] Request for sticky topic – low power consumption contest

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Jeremy Jones
<jeremy.dwain.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM, myLC at gmx.net <myLC at gmx.net> wrote:
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>> Hello! :-)
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>> I read from a lot of people that they were looking for a
>> "fully Myth-TV compatible" box with low power consumption.
>> Full support meaning, time shift, ad removal, etc.
>>
>> Since this seems to be key topic I was wondering if you
>> could set up a sticky topic - as a conquest – listing the
>> boxes with the lowest power consumption first.
>> The idle, off, normal playback (1080p) and full load power
>> consumptions should be listed.
>>
>> I sincerely hope you like this idea! :-)
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>> Keep up the good work,
>>                               LC (myLC at gmx.net)
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> As an open source project MythTV relies on work by volunteers.   As Raymond
> pointed out the users list is just an email distribution, but the wiki has
> pages for 'sticky' type of information.  I did a quick search in google and
> found this page:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Power_saving
>
> Maybe you would be interested in contributing to that page (or another
> perhaps more appropriate one).  You can ask for posts/responses here to get
> information and if anyone else is interested in adding such a page.
>

Nice Idea but I foresee a stagnant page in a few months once the
hardware info becomes outdated.