Standby mode, what's the point?

[cobra991]

why use the standby mode since the unit is really on all the time recording no matter what? Even in standby I can hear the hd running even when it not recording any shows that I set.

[rsnaider]

It stops the 30 minute Live buffer. For some that is enough to quite the box down if they are sensitive to noise, especially if the box is in a bedroom.

I personally never use the feature. My boxes pretty much record 24/7 so the buffer issue is not one I can avoid.

[cobra991]

I was reading a post under a different topic about AAM and someone there said that the disc noise is from the system buffering the 2 tuners all the time, even if in standby mode.

[TiVo Troll]

It stops the 30 minute Live buffer.

No, the recording buffer continues when TiVo is in Standby mode. "Standby" lets a viewer watch a program while TiVo records another program, without the need for a signal splitter or manual switching.

[HiDefGator]

It disables the video output signal. This allows you to play a DVD player connected to the same connections on the TV.

[dt_dc]

why use the standby modeRF Passthrough

[Mikeyis4dcats]

I use it sometimes to watch live TV while Tivo records something else.

[TivoZorro]

I've heard here that if you put the Tivo in Standy and also put it on a channel that you don't receive your transfers go faster. I've found this to be true myself. Now I do this all the time.

[OLdDog]

The point of standby is like the Pointless Forest in The Land of Point, full of points but ultimately pointless.

Or, maybe, it meets the Supreme Court’s standard for obscenity: "Appeals primarily to puritant interests and has no redeeming social value."

[rminsk]

No, the recording buffer continues when TiVo is in Standby mode. "Standby" lets a viewer watch a program while TiVo records another program, without the need for a signal splitter or manual switching.I'm not sure about the standalone TiVos but the DirecTiVo does stop recording the 30 minute buffers. It does not delete them it just stops recording them.

[phox_mulder]

I'm not sure about the standalone TiVos but the DirecTiVo does stop recording the 30 minute buffers. It does not delete them it just stops recording them.

Both of my DirecTiVo's (R10 and HR10-250) have a standby button on the front panel.
Why go to the trouble of putting a button there if it doesn't accomplish anything but piece of mind?
Although, it seems to be hit and miss whether there's an active buffer when I turn them "on" or not, usually there isn't, but sometimes there is.

I've put my TiVo's into standby when done watching for the evening since day one.
Just over 2 years on the S2 standalone, almost a year and a half on the R10, and 6 months on the HR10.

I even went as far as programming macros into my Harmony 880 to put whichever one I'm watching into standby when turning the rest of my system off.

Lets me sleep better at night, that itself is worth it.


phox

[Puppy76]

I don't put it in standby unless another family member is going to use the TV live (I never do)...

but I do have a series of manual recordings set up-each for 5 minutes on "channel 0"-basically a way to turn off the buffer automatically. I figure it's got to be a little better on the hard drive not having to do that all the time (and I never, ever use it...wish there was just an option to shut it down unless I specifically navigate to live TV).

I guess if/when I get a dual tuner unit, I'll have to schedule twice as many "fake" recordings, one for channel "0", one for channel "1" or whatever else dosen't come in, so it's forced to use both tuners to record nothing. Silly work around...but it works okay.