On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:37:06 -0600, Leon wrote:
out because of the low voltage coming from the UPS as it was running out
of back up power. He created his own brown out machine. The whole
tuner/DVR had to be replaced.

Thanks for making me feel confident.

If only the DVR could power down like a computer does when the power is out
for more than a few minutes

I'm a little confused here. Most UPS' (at least mine does) can be
configured to power down if it starts getting low on battery power.
This is a function of the UPS and not some program like Powerchute
which lives on a computer.