Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
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|  Intel Wants FCC To Require Cable HD Set-Tops To Speak IP
 If the FCC is on the ball in addition to Intel's request, they will require that Set Top Boxes go into a sleep mode when in stand by (OFF) that draws less than 5 Watts instead of the 50 Watts that my Motorola Hi Definition DVR draws 24/7/365. My Air Conditioner also has to remove about 160 BTU's an hour, which is the heat created by the Set Top. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
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| You're not kidding. These STB's and DVR's are major electricity vampires. My Dish receiver acts like a small room heater--- when it's off!
There's no need for this wasteful design. What would it take to have one small circuit that watched the IR sensor for the remote, then that circuit tripped a power relay and powers up the boxen? Me thinks very, very little in cost of hardware--- and major energy savings.
In this modern era we need electronics that are designed to save power; even if they care less about being "green" they should be thinking about saving their customer's "Green"!
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| said by KrK  :There's no need for this wasteful design. What would it take to have one small circuit that watched the IR sensor for the remote, then that circuit tripped a power relay and powers up the boxen? Me thinks very, very little in cost of hardware--- and major energy savings. For the DVRs it would need to Power Down the Hard Drive (I do not know if this already occurs) and also monitor the Input Port for pushed updates (the schedule update can wait until the next time the Guide is Accessed). If there is a recording scheduled it would need to auto-power-up (as if the IR was pressed) in time to accept the recording. I see nothing hard about also doing this. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
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will never happen, and its not the cable company that will stop it but the greedy content owners. they will scream that allowing IP access at what is stored in the box will cause piracy to skyrocket.
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Anonymous_
Anonymous
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join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
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·RoadRunner Cable
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 ·Time Warner VOIP
4 edits | my box is unlocked from TWC
full access via firewire
USB and ESATA are also useable
also VOD is unencrypted (picked up on my TV qam tunner)
has been unencrypted for 3-4 years
i get to watch Free New movies etc.. on some one elses dime
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Mr Matt
ive heard that about many cable operators that the VOD streams arent encrypted. setting the QAM tuner to scan and you are likely to find one.
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