Video Freezing, Audio Drops and Numerous Reboots

Last night trying to watch the National geographic HD channel at 8:00pm I got that horrible video freeze (again) that would occur ever 5 secs or so plus audio drop outs and pixelation. I already had a tech out to check this out and he said all the levels at all my DVR's are just fine. I unplugged the DVR and rebooted it a few times within the hour show to be able watch the show but to no avail. Also, major "lip sync" audio lag on NBC HD until I rebooted. I have (3) 7216 DVR's and I am getting sick of having to unplug them and reboot several times a week not to mention the constant audio drops (2 of them) every time I come out of a fast forward, rewind or pause. They say IMG 1.6.1 or 1.7 will fix some of these problems but my family is really getting fed up with the problems.
Message Edited by BiggieB on 01-07-2009 09:08 AM

This sounds similar to what I reported in, "Problem viewing video in QuickTime 7.5.5" http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1864506&tstart=105
Sorry that I don't have a good answer yet.
--Martin

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