My DVR has been doing some very strange things lately.

  1. Reboots randomly - sometimes up to 3 times in a row.
  2. It will records only part of some shows - maybe caused because of the reboots.
  3. My recordings started point to the wrong channels and I had to reset them all. It sucked, cause nothing seemed to be taping.
  4. The “Guide” button will stop working, and have to use the channel up and down buttons
  5. The tv will go into dimmed mode and just stay that way until I reboot.
  6. Ya know how when you open the guide, the viewable tv area goes to about a quarter size. Ocassionally, it has just stayed like that until I reboot.

Alright I was on hold for about a 1/2 hour with Time Warner Cable, and I now have an appt for troubleshooting (not until over a week). The woman I spoke to was very nice though, and said I could try to just go ahead and switch it out before that if I take it to the local office. She also signed me up for digital phone service in addition to my current plan for even less than I was paying before. So hopefully this all works out. I’ll let you know.