Thread: Dual recordings
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Old 02-03-2004, 11:46   #9
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Re: Dual recordings
The current boxes are passive cooled, no fans, this is also why the box is fairly large, more space for heat to dissapate. You can add more to the box by actively cooling it and fans are fairly silent these days.

My Mother in Laws Scientific Atlanta 8000 PVR on Time Warner Cable hums in use, part of that is the HDD, might be a fan in there, but its still pretty quiet, not as quiet as the NTL boxes though.

Also nowadays you get more on each chip, so the box might only need 4 chips wheras the original box 1000 boxes needed 10 to do the same jobs, thus running hotter.
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