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Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
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aggs.demon.co.uk says... In article , Jomtien writes Ed wrote: The boxes will go to "sleep" after 11pm if they detect they have not been used for two hours. This is entirely optional. Yes, as I found when I got home last night and promptly turned it off. There is also an option to disable the need to enter your PIN when watching certain things after the watershed, although you do still need to enter it when watching a recording before the watershed, apparently. Hasn't that always been there? I'm sure my Sky+ box is already set up like that. |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:58:16 +0000, Dave Fawthrop
wrote: If there were rules to say that " the standby current taken by any device using Infra Red controls must be less than 1 watt", that would cure the problem and not be difficult or expensive to do. Seems fair enough. If we can have chemical waste limits for cars, then it isn't conceptually different to have electrical waste limits for domestic equipment. Rod. |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:37:29 +0000, Mark Goodge
wrote: They'll be pleased - remember, they made a PROFIT from their 0870 numbers. Every incoming call is more money for them. Where is this mystical call centre where the staff are paid 2p per minute or less, then? Not all the time on the call will require the attention of call centre staff. The caller is paying for the privilege of being on hold, but it isn't costing the company anything to keep them on hold. Isn't there a law now about how long a premium number phone service is allowed to keep a caller on hold? Rod. |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:35:38 -0000, "John Russell"
wrote: Yes, but a lot of people probably keep them running during the day anyway. You mean some people just turn the TV off (sorry put it in standby) and forget about the digibox? Haven't you seen people in films and TV dramas when they switch a computer off? They just push a button on the monitor (and I've seen plenty of people do this in real life too), so to most viewers this is a clear demonstration of the right thing to do. Rod. |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:41:20 +0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:37:29 +0000, Mark Goodge wrote: They'll be pleased - remember, they made a PROFIT from their 0870 numbers. Every incoming call is more money for them. Where is this mystical call centre where the staff are paid 2p per minute or less, then? Not all the time on the call will require the attention of call centre staff. The caller is paying for the privilege of being on hold, but it isn't costing the company anything to keep them on hold. Isn't there a law now about how long a premium number phone service is allowed to keep a caller on hold? Rod. 0870 numbers are not premium rate numbers they are non-geographical numbers charged at national call rates. -- Nigel Barker Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
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Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:41:20 +0000, Roderick Stewart wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:37:29 +0000, Mark Goodge wrote: They'll be pleased - remember, they made a PROFIT from their 0870 numbers. Every incoming call is more money for them. Where is this mystical call centre where the staff are paid 2p per minute or less, then? Not all the time on the call will require the attention of call centre staff. The caller is paying for the privilege of being on hold, but it isn't costing the company anything to keep them on hold. Isn't there a law now about how long a premium number phone service is allowed to keep a caller on hold? Rod. 0870 numbers are not premium rate numbers they are non-geographical numbers charged at national call rates. ITYM *former* national call rates. Actual maximum national call rates on geographical numbers are heavily discounted by most telecom providers. -- Max Demian |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:07:09 GMT, Paul Hyett
wrote: Hopefully it won't affect standard boxes, otherwise I may have to program a universal remote to send a signal every so often... No need, I'd imagine you'd be able to turn it off in the menus somewhere. -- |
Sky 'auto standby' to roll out from today
I think these days if you did that you'd go into sleep mode before the sky
box -- Protected by www.Spamjab.com {1ClyzYGhYG9yw5arEQ} "ChrisM" wrote in message ... In message , Ed Proclaimed from the tallest tower: SKY is to introduce technology that automatically switches digital boxes to standby mode overnight - slashing energy bills by £7.5MILLION a year. The boxes will go to "sleep" after 11pm if they detect they have not been used for two hours. The technology will be transmitted to Sky HD boxes from today and to all Sky+ boxes from April - a total of more than two million. Sky said Auto Standby could save enough energy to light all the homes in Wolverhampton for a year. It could also cut UK carbon emissions by 32,000 tons a year. How can it tell if you're watching it or not?? By the fact that you haven't pressed any buttons in two hours? What happens if you've just decided to sit down and watch one channel all evening? -- Regards, Chris. (Remove Elvis's shoes to email me) |
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