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Originally Posted by Southcross
"On" and recording 35 watts... "Standby" and recording 35 watts... On and not recording (not even live TV) 35 watts.... "Standby" and not recording (no Live TV) 34 watts. Considering its a voyage through the menu system to find "standby" (Tivo's don't have power buttons).... I chose to bite the bullet over 1watt and leave the stupid thing on 24-7
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I have the R10 (DirecTivo) and it records two channels continuously--even when in standby. Power consumption is 26 watts regardless of what I do.
If the drive ever dies on mine, I'll probably replace it with a laptop drive to shave off a few watts.