Well, my marginal electric rate is $.354 per Kwh. So that's $.354*55W*24*7*52/1000 = $170 per year to run my VIP722!@!#
Sure, there may be reasons why it helps to have VIP722 run constantly, but they could at least consider lower power processors and chips or more efficient power management for a device that is constantly on. Yes it is heating my living room, but there are much more efficient ways to heat areas of the house at times I need them heated.
I've even considered swapping the 500GB 3.5" harddrive with a more efficient 500GB 2.5" laptop harddrive. That in itself would probably drop power usage down to 45W. But I haven't seen any information about it, so my guess is that it probably can not be done as Dishnetwork probably has some approved list of devices.