Video sometimes jumps/skips when watching DVR program

Question

I've noticed this weird issue lately. Sometimes when I'm watching a recorded show, the picture kind of jumps. It's not like pixelation or audio dropout, but it won't be smooth. It only happens every now and then. Has this ever happened to anyone else? I would like to know if there is a cure for it.

Answer 1

Does it happen only on recorded programs or have you noticed if it happens during live programming too?
It could be a lot of differnt things,  bad signal, problem with the show, problem with the cables, problem with the hard drive, etc.
Depending on how severe it is and how often it happens it may or may not even be an issue. With digital picture, the occasional blip, or tiling, or pause would be equivalent to getting snow on the old cable systems. (sun spots  ). and if we are talking about something that lasts a second and happens once or twice a month type thing, I'd say that its nothing to worry about and think of that as a small glitch in the signal.
Now if this is something that happens frequently and lasts more than a second or so, then I'd troubleshoot more. If it is only on recorded shows, then I would think of possibly a bad sector on the hard drive or maybe the access to the HD is having issues. If on both recorded and live programming, I'd look at the cable connection on the back of the STB or at the splitters, etc.
But we would need a little more info.
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