I have 2 lifetime Roamios with Comcast cable cards. They are ONLY used to record local cable access channels about 2-3 times per month for a special project. I currently have the setting so it goes into standby mode after 2hrs of no use. My understanding is the hard drive still spins, but the...

I have a roamio with an xfinity cable card. I get their lowest basic cable package and all works great. I use to use it more frequently, but I now rarely use it. Instead I use my nvidia shield, amazon fire tv and directv satellite tv ($10/month employee discount) for regular tv viewing...