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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
So is it advisable to put the box into standby on occasion rather than just leaving it on all the time?
I have read that putting STB's into standby simply kills the audio & video output and thus saves hardly any power at all.
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I think you are referring to early US TiVos where standby did not spin down the hard drive at all. However I believe all of VM's current boxes do a graceful shutdown when you select standby with read/write heads parked, actuator locked and platters spun down gradually until completely stopped.