http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22093110 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:16:17 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:16:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22582234 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22582234 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:50:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22569209 said by Burns11:

Make no mistake, these boxes could be worse as I had my first box for years before it crapped out (but it was also a new box), since it went out I get replacement after replacement and have problem after problem. It's obvious they are recycling problem boxes and only wiping the HDD, and it's more than just a little bit frustrating paying quite a bit for the service to only have it continuously half work and frustrate.
I understand completely, have you sent Mr Willner an email? He is always very helpful in these situations. I also know that he and many of the other top execs at Insight read these forums. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22569209 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:59:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22566760 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22566760 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:57:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22563645 said by brad152:

I used one of these boxes on HD for well over a year with no issues, i also had mine hooked up to HDMI.

I actually had one in the living room and one in the bedroom, these boxes were actually 10x better than the crap i had gotten from Time Warner.

My box had frozen up one time, but that was because i had sat a DVD player on top of it for a few hours to test it and it overheated the box.
Agreed, as for the buffer overflow error, once you notice it doing it, don't impatiently hit a bunch of keys, wait a few seconds and it will catch up... if your pounding the remote the entire time it will cause it to lockup and fail. Also the fuller your Hard Drive is the worse the box operates. I have had mine for year and half now no problem. Also, this is an adult forum not a place for cat fights. If that is what your bringing to the table, you can take that else where. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22563645 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:24:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22490059
I actually had one in the living room and one in the bedroom, these boxes were actually 10x better than the crap i had gotten from Time Warner.

My box had frozen up one time, but that was because i had sat a DVD player on top of it for a few hours to test it and it overheated the box.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22490059 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:41:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22400940
I've switched TVs from SD to HD before the last switch. Watching HD channels seems to have made things worse, but I've tried to switch the box to SD channels on both tuners for a few hours and even switching both to "channel" 1 but neither helped it populate or operate any better. I can unplug it, and it will get marginally better for a few hours then seems to get worse.

All signal levels are fine, both checked by the box and by the tech.

I had previously attempted the DVR authorization/software download on a previous box, but it didn't help at all, so I'm not in a hurry to try it again and risk saved programs I can soon clear off the box with the seasons winding down. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22400940 Sun, 17 May 2009 02:37:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22381361
Go into the tech menu and see what the high temp is. Its likely that is causing 4 boxes to go bad in 6 months.

2nd Idea, are you using HDMI to connect to a HD tv? It could be an issue with Moto's firmware. Its a known issue with some brands of TV's but insight never wants to say they have a problem. It has caused my box to have no audio, no picture issues when I had a polaroid brand HD tv in my office with HDMI. I switched to Component cables and it never appeared again.

You can try to flush the box, and see if it will populate with data again. You can find all that information on wiki. You have a chance of loosing your recordings, and loosing the boxes use for several minutes to an hour. But it will cause the box to download all the software from insights servers (last software update I have seen from insight is about 2 versions old, they refuse to put the new ones on the server.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22381361 Wed, 13 May 2009 07:57:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22375509 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22375509 Tue, 12 May 2009 05:08:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22375313
Fun times. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22375313 Tue, 12 May 2009 02:16:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22369456
BTW, this is my 5th box in 6 months. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22369456 Sun, 10 May 2009 23:16:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22368708 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22368708 Sun, 10 May 2009 20:30:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22367749
Every other time you touch the remote, the box does the little command buffer thing, it has crashed (image freezes, box resets itself, loses all program and channel data) 4 times in the last month, it loses program data completely every couple of days, never fully populates (it's lucky if there is a weeks worth, more commonly 1-2 days max). I guess over the summer, when there are no new shows to restrict the DVR exchange, I will have to play cable box lottery hoping I get one that doesn't make me want to take it out into a field Office Space style.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22367749 Sun, 10 May 2009 15:40:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22107007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22107007 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:09:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22093125 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22093125 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:50:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22093110
I'm getting seriously tired of wrestling my DVR box trying to get it to actually work, I'm tired of waiting for Insight to come out and replace my box taking my unwatched recordings with it, I'm tired of paying equal parts exasperation to accompany my entertainment.

FWIW all the signal levels are good in menus and tech said signal was fine. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/CATV-Junky-DVR-boxes-22093110 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:46:11 EDT