TiVo : TiVo update - standby option

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

but I expect it would be a different matter if I had the box in my bedroom.

I have one in the bedroom; no noise problem at all.

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

It's not about money; it's about this:
http://www.difgroup.eu/uploads/FAQ%2...Bs%20FINAL.pdf

That 8W = 31kg of CO2 a year. Multiply by n million TiVos and you've got a big saving.

According to my energy reader, I'm saving around 1 kilowatt per day since the update. That's quite a saving over a year.

The National Grid should send VM a fruit basket.

[raylove]

I have the update and generally like the new 'look and feel'. However, there is an issue for me with the 'standby' thing.

I have ALWAYS put my box into standby when not in use and have always left it plugged in. When going to bed at night I would make sure it was tuned to the news channel before putting in to standby, which meant that no matter what time I got up in the morning I was always able to power up and immediately rewind to the last 'top of the hour' to watch the news over breakfast.

I no longer get that option - TiVo starts 'capturing' the channel tuned to only from the moment it is powered up. I guess from reading what is on this thread it is because the hard drive now powers down as well - I wasn't aware that this wasn't happening previously - I can't hear mine, it is silent.

This was actually quite useful at other times as I often switch on the TV and see something that looks interesting on the channel that it started up on - I would frequently immediately rewind to watch it from the start.

I guess I have two options here 1- actually set up the box to record the news in the morning at the earliest hour that I am ever likely to get up (cumbersome) OR (in order to have the instant rewind available at any time) never put TiVo into standby though this rather defeats the object and breaks the habit of a lifetime for me! Am I missing another option here that allows TiVo to behave as it did before?

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by raylove

never put TiVo into standby though this rather defeats the object and breaks the habit of a lifetime for me! Am I missing another option here that allows TiVo to behave as it did before?

All 'standby' did on TiVo previously is turn off the video and audio output, and nothing else.

So technically it's no different than leaving TiVo on and turning your TV off

[raylove]

Thanks - pretty much what I thought then and my options are as stated.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by raylove

actually set up the box to record the news in the morning at the earliest hour that I am ever likely to get up (cumbersome)

That seems quite a good solution to me. You only need to do this once, and if you set 'keep at most' to 1 you won't need to worry about cleaning up. I think you'll even be able to do exactly as before and watch from the buffer instead of having to play the recording from My Shows.

[raylove]

Yes, you're right - if the box is recording it won't be in full standby so the buffer should work shouldn't it. I hadn't though about changing the series link option to keep just one - good tip!

Originally Posted by spiderplant

It's not about money; it's about this:
http://www.difgroup.eu/uploads/FAQ%2...Bs%20FINAL.pdf

That 8W = 31kg of CO2 a year. Multiply by n million TiVos and you've got a big saving.

if they had made the box more efficient then it would have saved even more

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

if they had made the box more efficient then it would have saved even more

If you have any suggestions how to make STBs more efficient without making them slower, less functional or more expensive, you could become very rich.

Better still, PM your suggestions to me...