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If you were to name the biggest single household energy user in terms of average annual energy use in kilowatt hours, you might think of your double-wide subzero refrigerator or massive 65-inch flat-panel TV. What you may not consider is that innocent little set-top box (STB) sitting next to your TV. However, a report just [...]

China has just published its first Set-Top Box (STB) efficiency standard, GB 25957-2010. While other government agencies (i.e., ENERGY STAR, EC Code of Conduct) have already gone through multiple generations of STB efficiency programs (settling on a methodology that limits the total typical energy consumption (TEC) in kWh that a complex STB consumes annually), China [...]

The US EPA got closer to finalizing the next ENERGY STAR set-top box (STB) efficiency program requirements with an addition that will allow the devices to go into a much lower power down mode than previous versions. As covered in previous blogs, reigning in STB power consumption has proven to be a little trickier than [...]