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Old 13-05-2012, 17:07   #12
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Re: Can TiVo work without mains power?!

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
Nonsense, some appliances work when the power is disconnected. I have a clock radio that has a back up battery.
Some do. Most don't. The problem is that our battery technology is just not up to creating a battery powerful enough to run a Tivo for any length of time and stay small enough for people to have it in their living room.

A clock or clock radio doesn't use an awful lot of power. You can get ones that run for weeks on a couple of AA batteries. The battery required to run a Tivo for any length of time would be considerably larger than the Tivo itself.
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