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Originally Posted by jammies
So the problem is that these devices go into a low-power mode, as they were designed to do, and drain 5% of the power they do when actually "on"? Am I getting this right?
Modern refrigerators are extremely efficient. While it's a worthwhile goal to have devices use less and less power, the comparison to a refrigerator is misleading in that they aren't really a high-draw device anymore. Your average clothes dryer uses 7-8 times as much energy as your fridge over a year; why not compare a DVR to that?
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They could, but it wouldn't sound sensational enough. "PVR uses 1/8 the power of one drying cyle on your dryer" just wouldn't get people into enough of a tizzy to care.