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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 2:59 AM

Pixelated images when viewing recordings on my DVR

When viewing a recording on myX1 DVR box, the picture is often pixelated. If I rewind & replay I  find it is the same place that the pixelation is occurring. If I watch the same recording on my phone using my Xfinity App  there are no issues. I have recently done the system refresh. I checked to make sure all my cable connections were tight. My guess is I have a bad hard drive my X1  box when I go to Comcast, labs and check my Cable strength that always says good. I’m pretty technologically savvy and I would like help from someone who is an official Comcast representative before I go and replace my box 

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9 hours ago

Hello there @user_df3b9c, are you still having an issue with pixelation on your TV? 

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8 hours ago

Before I swap out my box I’m gonna delete all my recordings and do a system refresh and hope it will reformat my hard drive in my X1 box. 

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@user_df3b9c, I wouldn't recommend doing that as you're able to watch the recordings on other devices without issues, so it sounds like it would be an equipment issue. Now we have a couple of options we can do to fix this concern. We can pull up your account and try to refresh your box on our side, swap the box out, or we can have a technician come out to see what's going on. Let me know how you would like to proceed.

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