{"id":405185,"date":"2010-03-08T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11976697.post-1613340266322470557"},"modified":"2010-03-08T11:02:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T16:02:13","slug":"how-the-sagetv-extender-practically-paid-for-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/405185","title":{"rendered":"How the SageTV Extender Practically Paid For Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading through the SageTV forums today and one particular post caught my eye<\/a>.  A long-time SageTV user starts off the forum post like this:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow my HD100’s have Practically Paid for themselves<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is one of the key reasons extenders matter.  It\u2019s also one of the reasons I use extenders at most TV\u2019s in my home instead of a dedicated HTPC for each TV.  Lower power consumption, lower initial cost and ease of use all go into the equation as I explained when I made the case for extenders over computers<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Paul goes on to explain how the energy savings he has experienced by using two HD100 extenders (predecessor to the HD200) has been practically $175 per machine over the past two years.  Here\u2019s an excerpt from his forum post<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cI bought 2 HD100’s back in February\/March of 2008. I didn’t get in on the first batch, but I did get in on the second. Last night I was wondering how much money I have saved in energy costs using them rather than a full PC.
I have a computer that used to be my main desktop rig that I built originally to be an HTPC, but then decided to instead make it my desktop. Specs as follows:<\/p>\n