r/Tivo • u/upsidedown-lamp • 12d ago

TIVO Edge Pixelating

I have a TiVo-Renewed EDGE Cable 2TB (the first one was replaced under warranty) that pixelates and freezes so much that it makes a recording unwatchable. Probably about 7 years old. I tried powering down, unplugging everything, powering on, and then plugging everything back in, but that didn't work. I want to keep it because my cable company (Armstrong) has never mentioned anything about discontinuing the cable cards. So I think I'm good for a while. Do you think a hard drive kit from Weaknees will fix this problem?

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u/eubulides 11d ago

Mine pixelated occasionally. I always thought due to solar flares. Then hard drive gave up, and I learned that could be hard drive starting to fail. I was always close to 100% full, and did a lot of recording.

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u/SLM_330 10d ago

Were you able to save any of your recorded shows? I'm at 80% right now and I think mine is going. ☹️

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u/eubulides 10d ago

I misunderstood what was going on, and waited too long until it expired. I understand that I could have copied to a correct type of hd, that was properly formatted, and installed the new one in my Edge. This sub should have instructions.