** Reply to message from "Paul G. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 03 May 2008 05:12:32 -0700
> I don't know anything about the hardware/firmware, but the fan(s) turn > off, the current draw drops, there is no signal output on the video or > audio outputs, all LEDs (except the Record LED) turn off. So, I conclude > only the embedded computer and the tuner (or in the case of two programs > recording, tuners) are on during recording, unless I turn the unit on to > watch TV (or a recorded program). I've seen the load on MythTV recording HD in the 5% range when just recording. Recording is not a very CPU intensive op but I guess constantly driving video and audio outputs could be somewhat 'expensive' and even more so if doing buffering too. Just turning off that buffering and playback decoding is going to drop power usage considerably. Turning off LEDs is a noop compared to turning the disk and keeping the CPU going even in reduced mode. Also nice is that they turn off the PS cooling fan. But it's good they have that option and I should probably see what Tivo has in that regard. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
