On 07/09/2016 19:51, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
On 07/09/16 16:55, Brian Gaff wrote:
Maybe its got some kind of power saving system that only runs the drive
when its needed?
Brian

THat's exactly the sort of update that happens.


"George, we are getting a lot of drive failures"
"Well buy better disk and put a better fan in it then"
"Cant afford to do that - cant you fix it in software?"
"Well I can spin the drives down when not in use I suppose".

A settable option with Toppies:-)

Surely on most PVRs?
Some people will only use them for recording - others will want a rewind
of live TV requiring the disk to be spinning and recording continuously.

On my Enigma 2 box I can have automatic timeshift on or off plus a few
more options.

http://www.admac.myzen.co.uk/Timeshift/

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