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Thursday, June 18th, 2026 5:16 PM

4k DVR Box

I just ordered replacement 4K boxes, Currently I have a DVR and 2 extra boxes for other TVs.  I ended up getting 3 of the wireless boxes.  I haven't installed them yet as they state they use the on-line storage for recording.  When I check the on-line storage via a computer or phone I only have recordings from the past 4 months.  This is not acceptable for how we use our DVR.  We even pay an extra $10 a month for additional storage.  If all of our recordings are not going to be available, we would like to just return these boxes.  

Please let me know how to proceed?

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Hi there! We can certainly understand your concern, especially if you've accumulated recordings over a long period of time and rely on your DVR library.

 

Before making any changes, we'd like to better understand what you're seeing. When you check your recordings through the Xfinity Stream app or website, are you only seeing recordings from the last four months, or are older recordings completely missing?

 

Also, can you confirm whether your current DVR is still active and connected? In many cases, recordings are stored differently depending on the equipment and account configuration, so we'd want to verify exactly what content is available before advising you to activate or return the new boxes.

 

We definitely understand not wanting to move forward if it means losing access to recordings that are important to you. Let us know a little more about what you're seeing, and we'll be happy to help determine the best path forward. 😊

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>>Before making any changes, we'd like to better understand what you're seeing. When you check your recordings through the Xfinity Stream app or website, are you only seeing recordings from the last four months, or are older recordings completely missing?

Both of these are actually the same question, just asked two different ways, we only see the last four months of recordings and the older recordings are completely missing.

>>Also, can you confirm whether your current DVR is still active and connected? 

Yes my current DVR is still connected and active.  As soon as I saw all three boxes were identical, I knew it didn't include a DVR and after looking at the instructions and on-line information, I could see that I had an issue.

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No worries, thank you for confirming. I can for sure help make sure your current DVR stays where it should, while getting you the correct 4k DVR if you would like. But if you check out our replacing your TV boxes support page, you can see that not all your recorded content will transfer over to a new box. 


I can also see if your old recordings are recoverable, if you would like, before we look into upgrading that to a 4K option as well. If you could send our team a direct message with your full name, the name listed on the account (if different), and the service address associated with your account, I'd be more than happy to look into this for you. To send a Direct Message, please click on the chat icon in the top-right corner of the screen, next to the bell icon, and then type or select "Xfinity Support" to initiate a direct message.

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Looking at the page on replacing the TV box, we have decided NOT to replace our DVR at this time as we will still be losing all of the non-cloud recordings. I assume that I can return the 4K boxes to my local xfinity store?  Is there anything I need, before I return them?

Thanks,

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