If you look at your laptop charger you can easily calculate its watt consumption and multiply it by the current price per kilowatt-hour from your electric company. We’re going to aim high here and suppose that you’ll keep it on permanently (which you probably won’t) and at full performance (which you also probably won’t).
If you always want to have your Media Center at the ready it might be a good idea to leave it on at all times or arrange it so you just have to change the image source on your TV to have your player available. How much energy will it use if I leave it on all day? Here we explain how to do it, step by step.
Remember that old netbook you bought half a decade ago that’s been collecting dust in your wardrobe for years? It might be the most economical option for setting up your own powerful media center. Some people use external hard drives, others turn to Android devices, and veteran techies try their hands at microPCs like the Raspberry Pi, but there are lots of other ways to set one up. Living room multimedia players are basically a must in most homes these days.
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