| | I think this is already in play? Many times I have come in or walked downstairs within "range" of my Comcast issued HDTV DVR. I have heard it spin-up as soon as I walk into the room. This "spin-up" is evident after the system has been inactive for several hours, say 3 AM, and it happens before I even touch the remote. | |
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 | | Re: I think this is already in play? said by touchtone561:Many times I have come in or walked downstairs within "range" of my Comcast issued HDTV DVR. I have heard it spin-up as soon as I walk into the room. This "spin-up" is evident after the system has been inactive for several hours, say 3 AM, and it happens before I even touch the remote. It is all in your mind. Or your body is giving off infrared signals that the box sees as a remote control device. See your doctor to determine if you have a disease that causes your body to transmit infrared signals. | |
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 | | | Re: I think this is already in play? well there is a sensor called a "motion dectector", like the ones in automated doors... | |
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| | | | Re: I think this is already in play? said by cornelius785:well there is a sensor called a "motion dectector", like the ones in automated doors... Yes motion detectors exist. But there are NONE in any Motorola STB I ever saw the specs for. | |
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|  GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:4 | Or maybe he just accidentally sat on the remote and didn't know it. | |
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| | | | Re: I think this is already in play? Nope. Do butt dialing here. | |
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| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by fAcEtIOUs:It is all in your mind. Or your body is giving off infrared signals that the box sees as a remote control device. See your doctor to determine if you have a disease that causes your body to transmit infrared signals. Your giving off infrared signals aslong as the matter you are is more than 0* K. | |
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| | | | Re: I think this is already in play? said by patcat88:said by fAcEtIOUs:It is all in your mind. Or your body is giving off infrared signals that the box sees as a remote control device. See your doctor to determine if you have a disease that causes your body to transmit infrared signals. Your giving off infrared signals as long as the matter you are is more than 0* K. Yes. But is the body giving off the encoded signals recognized by the IR reader on the STB?   | |
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| | You ought to try putting black electrical tape over the sensors, and see if you get the spin up. | |
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| | its always spinning. Its probably just the noise of the HD head moving that you hear - which happens often. | |
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| | | Re: I think this is already in play? Possibly, I do have very acute hearing.
I don't think it is a random act.
Why do you think a modern device like SA 8300HD set-top wouldn't have a sleep /standby mode to conserve energy?
Sidebar/ I don't see the interactive commercials recorded, you know the A B C quiz, only see them when watching a live TV program, and not fiddling with the remote prior. / Sidebar | |
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| | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: I think this is already in play? said by touchtone561:Why do you think a modern device like SA 8300HD set-top wouldn't have a sleep /standby mode to conserve energy? Because the power company brought a suitcase of cash to the developer of the settop box software (SARA/Passport/iGuide) developer to keep all power settings off to make more $ for the power company. A tiny bit of extra power used in 1 home, times millions, means mega tons of power:p | |
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| | |  en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: I think this is already in play? Better believe it!
An 11W STB x 30 million viewers = 33MW. | |
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 KoilPremium
join:2002-09-10
Irmo, SC | I have the same box, and it spins up every 30 min or so, which i believe is just to check and see if anything is set to record, or update the channel guide...i think you're just walking in at the same time. | |
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 ajc18aka IGnatius T Foobar
join:2000-05-06
Mount Kisco, NY | Wow, I'm glad I don't have Comcast! At least with Verizon FiOS I can run a sniffer at my firewall (which sits *outside* the Verizon router, thank you very much) and analyze all communications with the mothership. | |
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