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The cable box quietly wasting your electricity
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That dusty box sitting under your television is an environmental disaster. Because older models were designed to constantly spin mechanical hard drives and violently sync with distant satellites 24 hours a day, they drew massive amounts of standby power. Leaving one plugged in wasted an absurd amount of household electricity for no reason.
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