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Originally Posted by higgsfield
...allowing the user to chose which mode their box is in, maybe?
(just thinking aloud)
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Good point. My DVD recorder has this option (it calls it enhanced power saving). Basically, in normal mode, there is little difference when the DVD goes into standby. The front lights go off (clock stays on though), the disc stops and the video output is shut down. Not sure what exactly it's doing, but in this mode, about once every two hours, it spins it's fans up for a minute or so, then spins them down. The upside is the recorder takes a couple of seconds to come online from standby. The downside is it makes little difference to power consumption.
In Enhanced power saving mode, the recorder shuts everything down (and disables recording). The clock still runs, but is not displayed. The advantages are that it is quieter (no fans spinning at any point) and uses a fair amount less power. The disadvantages are that it takes about two minutes to come out of standby.
My point is that there is a simple menu option to enable or disable Enhanced Power Saving mode.