Xbox Series S/X draws nine to 10 watts of power 24 hours a day -- even when it's not being actively used -- compared to less than 1W if the standby settings are switched to "energy saving" mode...
I'm old enough to remember when you could turn devices off. An energy saving mode that uses 0 watts- imagine that!
For a while I had all my home entertainment stuff on a powerstrip with a builtin timer, so between 1am and 4pm nothing drew any power (on weekdays. On weekends it would wake up at 8am), but now I'd be worried about how it would deal with sudden power loss. Not so easy to reinstall xbox-os if the drive gets corrupt
The Good Old Days (Score:5, Insightful)
Xbox Series S/X draws nine to 10 watts of power 24 hours a day -- even when it's not being actively used -- compared to less than 1W if the standby settings are switched to "energy saving" mode...
I'm old enough to remember when you could turn devices off. An energy saving mode that uses 0 watts- imagine that!
Re:The Good Old Days (Score:5, Interesting)
For a while I had all my home entertainment stuff on a powerstrip with a builtin timer, so between 1am and 4pm nothing drew any power (on weekdays. On weekends it would wake up at 8am), but now I'd be worried about how it would deal with sudden power loss. Not so easy to reinstall xbox-os if the drive gets corrupt
Re: (Score:2)
I hate the ones that does autoupdates overnight though and can't be disabled.