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Apple TV Power Consumption

What is the power consumption in standby on a Apple TV 3 and is it good practice to leave it on standby all the time?

Posted on Apr 24, 2013 6:19 AM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2016 11:49 AM

not sure about the newer versions but the 1g appletv used pretty much the same power in standby as 100% on

http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

state it have a 6Watt psu

did the google on your behalf

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2605624?start=15&tstart=0

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Oct 1, 2016 11:49 AM in response to Anthony Hilsdon

not sure about the newer versions but the 1g appletv used pretty much the same power in standby as 100% on

http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

state it have a 6Watt psu

did the google on your behalf

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2605624?start=15&tstart=0

more hits

https://www.google.dk/search?client=opera&q=appletv+3g+power+usage&sourceid=oper a&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest#client=opera&hs=Sm6&channel=suggest&sclient= psy-ab&q=appletv+3g+watt+usage&oq=appletv+3g+watt+usage&gs_l=serp.3...23676.2415 0.0.24972.4.4.0.0.0.0.127.271.3j1.4.0...0.0...1c.1.11.psy-ab.y9OQ4D7CvhI&pbx=1&b av=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45645796,d.bGE&fp=9e5f8a6b1e25a3aa&biw=1535&bih=735

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Apr 24, 2013 2:22 PM in response to Rudegar

Thanks for your time Rudegar, that's pretty reassuring news, I think I can just about afford to leave it on standby when not in use at 1W usage rate!!

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