Older DVD players and recorders are power hogs. Some devices consume up to 25 Watts in the standby mode and a switch-off button is absent. You can save energy in most such devices with a simple trick: The HF amplifier in DVD recorders is responsible for consuming a good amount of electricity in the standby mode. The amplifier refreshes the incoming antenna signal for the television, which is perhaps connected with an antenna cable. If one laces the recorder and the television next to each other and connects them to the antenna using a T-connector, his amplification is rendered useless. Many devices have the option of completely deactivating the HF output in the set-up. Older video recorders often have sliding switches for this.
TIP: If one programs a recording with VPS in a DVD, Video or a DVB hard disk recorder, it indicates that the tuner will supervise the VPS signal. If one programs a recording without VPS, certain video recorders will require only 3.5 Watts instead of 7 Watts.
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