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conanf77 t1_itoh9tf wrote

Reply to comment by Kingflares in EU passes new energy consumption law effective 2023 restricting how much power an 8k TV can use. by Kingflares

“Vampire” Power consumption of cable boxes should be one item addressed, last one I had pulled 80 W on standby and 300 W while active. It was a while ago though. North America

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happyscrappy t1_itoo8pz wrote

That's dropping as the hardd drivers are removed from the boxes and the storage moves to the cloud.

The energy use moves to the cloud too though. It doesn't completely go away.

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wierdness201 t1_itp149g wrote

I highly doubt a hard drive would be pulling 30 watts.

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C0rn3j t1_itpd6xr wrote

300*, and yes, what the poster above said makes no sense.

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ACCount82 t1_itq04wi wrote

Especially not when it's spun down. As a hard drive that's not being accessed would be.

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happyscrappy t1_itqnlq7 wrote

They generally are not spun down because the box uses it to buffer TV content all the time. So you can "rewind live TV". The drives are not just spinning but actively reading, writing and seeking. They basically copied that from TiVo.

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-power-hog-20140617-story.html

The figure before the HDDs was 18W average usage by a cable box. Then it went to 35W with HDDs. Now that HDDs are being removed the figures are dropping again.

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