PS4, to standby or not to standby?

Thesnipergecko · 20 Jan 2014 at 16:46

Always on stand by, mainly because I can remote play on my Vita from around the house. Plus it's available to download any purchases and grab updates if required (slow connection here too)

blitzwing85 · 20 Jan 2014 at 16:59

Psycho Sonny said:
I doubt that standby mode and it being off are any different tbh in the stress level of going from either of those to full power.

Even when it is "off" you can still turn it on using a DS4 from the other side of the room, so it is actually in standby just in a lower state of it.

So it is Standby, Standby with update and charging on, the only time it is truly off is when you plus the plug out or turn the switch off at the socket.

Hmm, I may have misunderstood this thread! lol

I assumed 'standby' meant pressing the pad button and then selecting the option 'turn off'.

When people were saying they turn it off, I assumed that meant by the plug at the wall.
I thought standby just referred to it being off, but can be turned out remotely hence 'standby...'

Never really looked at the different levels of it

Psycho Sonny · 20 Jan 2014 at 17:00

TheVoice said:
Because I usually sit down to play a specific game, not play something else while the game I want to play updates and then eventually get round to playing it. Besides, for those of us on slower internet connections (unthinkable, I know) current update sizes can mean a fairly long download time. If there are ways around that, it makes sense to use them.

Yeah that's why I preferred the old method of checking once per day for updates. Having it in a special standby mode 24/7 in case an update comes out seems wasteful atm, when I have more games or a vita, it will obviously be the preferred option.

I also have a slow connection 10MB atm, used to have 120MB and hopefully be back on that when the current contract expires.

TheVoice · 20 Jan 2014 at 17:32

10Mbps "slow", haha. You'd hate it where I live.

Sareth · 20 Jan 2014 at 18:00

Nymins said:
Standby, but I turned off the option to "Power USB" in standby because there seems to be a bug whereby if that is enabled, the fans still whirl (albeit it quietly) in standby mode.

aha, I was about to say I used to leave mine in standby but now I turn it off because of the fan, if that cures it I will go back to leaving it in standby.

LiGhTfasT · 20 Jan 2014 at 18:07

Turn off then switch everything off at the plug, did the same on the 360 never had any issues. 120mb downloads updates pretty fast anyway.

JBeck · 20 Jan 2014 at 18:57

wannabedamned said:
Does it not lose its date\time settings if its powered off completely? I'm sure the 360 used to But I'm getting old, memory could be cloudy

I suppose there should be some kind of sync going on with an internet connection

The Xbox 360 does indeed lose it's settings unless it's connected to Live. Don't think the PS4 has the same problem although to be honest mine has never been disconnected while in use.

Mr.Cookie · 20 Jan 2014 at 20:52

shut down rather than standby as we get power outages and ps4 gets proper grumpy if it's not shut down

muggs · 20 Jan 2014 at 21:13

no standby as theres been plenty of times where i have woke the thing up from standy only for it to start downloading a update

HAz · 20 Jan 2014 at 23:05

Girlfriend always turns it off at wall so shut it down like a pc

andshrew · 20 Jan 2014 at 23:36

The fan stays on in standby when it's doing something such as downloading. Not noticed it staying on when it's just charging the controller though.

Will probably use it a lot more when you can suspend and resume games from standby. Hopefully that's in the next firmware.

Aberfala · 21 Jan 2014 at 13:51

I always turn mine off, maybe I'm just tight but I don't like the thought of wasted electricity from it being in standby even if it's just a tiny amount.

MoRT489 · 22 Jan 2014 at 12:05

Turn it off using the DS4 (not at the wall) so it is still in a kind of inactive standby. I only use it once or twice per week and don't remote play so standby makes no sense.

Saving the planet one watt at a time

TheVoice · 22 Jan 2014 at 12:15

Mikey C said:
I always turn mine off, maybe I'm just tight but I don't like the thought of wasted electricity from it being in standby even if it's just a tiny amount.

Unless you're using super-efficient heating and LED lights throughout your house, the amount saved by turning stuff off is completely insignificant.

MoRT489 · 22 Jan 2014 at 13:45

TheVoice said:
Unless you're using super-efficient heating and LED lights throughout your house, the amount saved by turning stuff off is completely insignificant.

But like anything, if everyone does it it adds up, e.g. if all 2,000 people in my office building would actually turn off their monitors at night that's 2kW/h saved.

insane200 · 22 Jan 2014 at 14:03

I just put mine into standby and charge the pad.

francky · 22 Jan 2014 at 15:17

MoRT489 said:
But like anything, if everyone does it it adds up, e.g. if all 2,000 people in my office building would actually turn off their monitors at night that's 2kW/h saved.

Which equates to about £2.50 per month saved in electricity for a 2000 seat company.....

biron_w · 23 Jan 2014 at 11:09

Nymins said:
Standby, but I turned off the option to "Power USB" in standby because there seems to be a bug whereby if that is enabled, the fans still whirl (albeit it quietly) in standby mode.

I've had that happen a few times and they've actually woken me up. The noise they make is very high pitched and quite annoying so I just turn off my PS4 now.