I wrote about this problem back in November. The disk scan has helped the issue but it still occurs when I am watching a recorded show and the unit is currently recording another. After reading the long threads on dbstalk.com I have decided to replace my external drives. I use a Thecus N2050 RAID array enclosure with 2 Seagate 500GB drives in a RAID 0 configuration providing 1 TB of storage.
The Thecus disk array with the 2 500GB drives. The two drives were extremely hot when I pulled them out. I replaced the two drives with one Seagate 1TB drive. If the heat was part of the problem, this should help considerably. BTW what do think of the quality of the picture, it was taken with Droid Hero (very good 5MP camera).
The down side to this approach is:
- My old recordings are on the 2 500GB drives and I will lose them.
- I have to re-enter my To Do list.
- I have to reconfigure my Favorite channels.
Hopefully this will solve the problem caused by the Directv updates this fall, but I will wait a week or so to make a judgment. Next steps if this fails are a replacement DVR and if that does not work I am going with FIOS TV.
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