another question on a DVR

Fred had a question on a noisy DVR, my question is should a DVR be making
noise (not loud but you notice it when coming into a quiet room) even when
its been off for hours. If you put your hand on it you can feel a light
vibration probably a fan.

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:32:01 -0400, "Reg" wrote:

Fred had a question on a noisy DVR, my question is should a DVR be making
noise (not loud but you notice it when coming into a quiet room) even when
its been off for hours. If you put your hand on it you can feel a light
vibration probably a fan.

It's always at least partially on, as the hard drive is always
spinning. Noise is common. Some people can't have them in the bedroom
because of it.

A_C

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:32:01 -0400, Reg wrote:

Fred had a question on a noisy DVR, my question is should a DVR be making
noise (not loud but you notice it when coming into a quiet room) even when
its been off for hours. If you put your hand on it you can feel a light
vibration probably a fan.

Most DVR's are never really off. Tivos don't even have an on/off switch
unless they've changed that with the new models. If they are off, how can
they record anything? Some, like the RCA DVR I had have an off switch, but
that doesn't turn everything off, but it does shut down most things til a
recording starts. It then starts up, records the show and then turns
itself "off". So the answer is, it depends on the model you have.

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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:32:01 -0400, Reg wrote:

Fred had a question on a noisy DVR, my question is should a DVR be making
noise (not loud but you notice it when coming into a quiet room) even
when
its been off for hours. If you put your hand on it you can feel a light
vibration probably a fan.

Most DVR's are never really off. Tivos don't even have an on/off switch
unless they've changed that with the new models. If they are off, how can
they record anything? Some, like the RCA DVR I had have an off switch, but
that doesn't turn everything off, but it does shut down most things til a
recording starts. It then starts up, records the show and then turns
itself "off". So the answer is, it depends on the model you have.

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Its got an on/off switch but even when off and not set to record anything
you can hear something running (maybe a fan) all the time. I've got in the
habit of when the tv is off and haven't got anything to be recorded, I just
cut the power to it.

On Sep 28, 11:07 pm, "Reg" wrote:
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:32:01 -0400, Reg wrote:

Fred had a question on a noisy DVR, my question is should a DVR be making
noise (not loud but you notice it when coming into a quiet room) even
when
its been off for hours. If you put your hand on it you can feel a light
vibration probably a fan.

Most DVR's are never really off. Tivos don't even have an on/off switch
unless they've changed that with the new models. If they are off, how can
they record anything? Some, like the RCA DVR I had have an off switch, but
that doesn't turn everything off, but it does shut down most things til a
recording starts. It then starts up, records the show and then turns
itself "off". So the answer is, it depends on the model you have.

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Its got an on/off switch but even when off and not set to record anything
you can hear something running (maybe a fan) all the time. I've got in the
habit of when the tv is off and haven't got anything to be recorded, I just
cut the power to it.

Different media players have different spin-down latencies. If a
segment of a disk is given a read request, the disk will continue to
engage the motor and spin for a factory-determined time. If you've a
motor in there spinning constantly, that's the breaks, and may as well
power off. I doubt there's a fan in it.