Blank spots in recording

[nicklew98]

Just got a Hughes DVR (35 hour) last week, recorded Kill Bill the other night, and in 4 or 5 spots throughout the movie, the screen would go blank (Black) then some white lines would run across the screen, and the movie would pick back up for 15 seconds, and do it again, then not do it for 20-30 minutes, and it would repeat.

Any idea what this is?

 

[beejaycee]

Just got a Hughes DVR (35 hour) last week, recorded Kill Bill the other night, and in 4 or 5 spots throughout the movie, the screen would go blank (Black) then some white lines would run across the screen, and the movie would pick back up for 15 seconds, and do it again, then not do it for 20-30 minutes, and it would repeat.

If it has only happened in that one recording, chances are the problems are isolated to that particular stream from the satellite. However, if it is happening in multiple recordings it may be a hardware problem and you might want to take advantage of the warranty on your DVR to replace it.

With that said, D* released a new software version a couple of weeks ago and I've had more problems with pixelation and recording screw-ups since they did so than I've encountered through every rainstorm put together since getting my DTiVos last year. I am even going to give what I consider to be the unkindest cut of all and say that D* has successfully reduced my DTiVo's dependability to the level that I came to expect/accept from my E* 501.