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giorno · 2010-02-01, 18:36

Hi all!

I know that with it's own sw Apple TV eat from 14W to 20W per hour while in stand... something change with XBMC installed? Has it a different power consumption (compared with the original sw) while is in playback?

thank you

davilla · (This post was last modified: 2010-02-02, 17:59 by davilla.)

giorno Wrote:Hi all!

I know that with it's own sw Apple TV eat from 14W to 20W per hour while in stand... something change with XBMC installed? Has it a different power consumption (compared with the original sw) while is in playback?

thank you

No, according to my kill-a-watt which measures the power consumption, 20-23 watts, regardless of what's running or not.

giorno · 2010-02-02, 16:18

thank you!

and in standby?

davilla · 2010-02-02, 17:59

giorno Wrote:thank you!

and in standby?

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Quote:according to my kill-a-watt which measures the power consumption, 20-23 watts, regardless of what's running or not.

idioteque · 2010-02-02, 18:05

I have got an energy meter and the Apple TV always uses about 23Watt. No mater if it is running idle, full speed or turned off software style

garyi · 2010-02-02, 22:39

AppleTV has no standby.

Jadders · 2010-02-03, 17:26

So does this mean I may as well leave xbmc running all of the time if it's the only thing I use? The only reason I turn it off is to put the Apple TV in "standby" (no led on the front).

grey · 2010-02-03, 17:39

in so called standby it is consuming the same energy Smile

so no economical need in standby mode

interceptor121 · 2010-02-03, 18:07

Standby only makes the screen switch off if absence of signal is detected

giorno · 2010-02-08, 16:40

...so there's no way to switch it off to 0kw (zero) without unplugging it physically?

prae5 · 2010-02-08, 17:03

correct

neomits · 2010-02-08, 20:25

Just as a suggestion for anyone who is worried about power consumption. I have mine hooked up to this smart switch surge protector so that it cuts power whenever I turn off my receiver. It'll then boot up whenever I turn power back on to my receiver. Cold boot if you have XBMC set to auto-launch is around 20 seconds, so not really too bad.

Just a thought

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006PU...B0006PUDQK

frumpy_uk · 2010-02-10, 00:03

See this post here : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=67732

I followed the instructions, no problem.

That's a good sign, since I am a simpleton.

I have no way of knowing, but I assume it's safer to shutdown as much as possible, unmount shares etc prior to pulling the power.