Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop

Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with some typical home entertainment configurations eating more power than a new refrigerator and even some central air-conditioning systems.

That sucks. Perhaps we should unplug them when we’re not using them, since cable companies appear to not want to do that themselves. (Disclosure: We don’t subscribe to cable. We own a Roku instead.)

Getting closer and closer to canceling cable. Roku ftw.

(Source: azspot, via shortformblog)