As previously posted, my Humax FoxSatHD-G is starting to fail - going to green screen over HDMI after a while. This may be overheating or it may be something else.
This was bought to replace the Bush one which always ran massively hot and had to be turned off now and then.
About 3 years down the line, the Bush still works and still runs very hot. So far occasional not permanent use, so it may start failing again.
We now have two TVs using satellite decoders.
Replacing the Humax is likely to cost at least £70 and that still doesn't improve the Bush. So I've been looking at ways to cool the boxes down.
Laptop coolers (powered by USB) seem remarkably cheap.
For example
where the cheapest is £9.95 including shipping.
These seem to be powered by USB, but we have plenty of USB wall warts for charging phones and tablets (plus a few powered USB hubs) so hopefully this will not be a problem to power without a laptop.
Has anyone tried a laptop cooler or anything similat to give extra cooling to decoders or PVRs?
At the moment I am struggling to find a small one which does not have a major tilt built in.
Cheers
Dave R