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Thursday, January 16th, 2025 9:14 PM

Storage location for recorded programs

I have 2 Xfinity DVRs (both Arris XG1v4) in house. Recently a Comcast tech noted to me that all recorded programs are actually stored in the cloud as opposed to the hard drives on these DVRs.  Is this correct?

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Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to reach out through our Xfinity forums for help with questions about your DVR Storage. Our storage has changed over the years. Before: The DVR storage meter was based on physical storage of the customer’s DVR device (resolution matters: HD vs. SD).
Now: The storage meter is based on a customer’s allotted hours of cloud storage.

 

This can be the standard 20 hours, or 150 DVR or 300 Premium DVR Hours. 

 

You can still record up to six programs at one time and even access your recordings through the Xfinity Stream app or online at xfinity.com. You can download programs ahead of time for moments where you do not have connectivity. Please let us know if you have any other questions or anything we can help with. 

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@XfinityEva​ Doesn't answer my question. Since I am having significant tiling issues with my service, sometimes the DVR recordings are affected, and sometimes not. If the recordings are stored in the cloud, that would mean that when they are being delivered back to me the same interference issues that I see on all channels of my service. 

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user_cxjyq6 My apologies if we weren't clear. Cloud recordings are the priority with your recordings, as it makes for a more seamless way to store your recordings. You having the box, determines what recordings will go to the cloud to be housed. If you are having some tiling issues, I'd like to help you resolve that issue, as it can impact your quality of recordings, and the functions. 
 
Can you please share any troubleshooting you have tried already? This way we don't repeat steps you have already ruled out. 

 

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Sound like what you're saying is that none of the recordings are stored on the XG1 DVRs.  Good to know.

Regarding the tiling issues, all boxes have been power cycled, reset, and all the standard stuff.  Did have a Xfinity tech visit on 1/16 with no resolve.  He said they would remotely monitor, but I have heard nothing since.  Problem is spotty during daytime hours, almost guaranteed to start after 5PM and continue all night.  Makes standard cable unwatchable, so we go to 3rd party streaming service (our backup plan).  The tiling affects all TVs in the household (2, both have XG1v4 DVRs).

There are 2 junction boxes at the curb, our neighbors which has a lid cracked open, exposed to the element.  I also just uncovered another one on on our curb that was buried in mud. 

We had a tech visit 2-3 years ago for the same issue, and I believe that he did some rewiring of the neighbors box. That eliminated the issue up until a few months ago.

Any help you can provide is appreciated, as if we can't resolve I'm forced to look at a pure streaming solution.

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user_cxjyq6 Thank you so much for the response and we appreciate you being proactive on your end with all that troubleshooting. By the sounds of it we will need to take a deeper look into this and the accoount to see what is going on including the recent tech notes. To get started can you send us a DM with your name and address?
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@XfinityEva​ 

Hi, I have a similar question, we had an issue a couple weeks ago to try to resolve the fact that TCM was suddenly dropped from our channel lineup, after hours on the phone & 2 visits from techs we were told that basically TCM was suddenly moved to another tier of a channel pkg that we do not have.  In the course of trying to resolve that issue the 2nd tech replaced our DVR with a newer one: not only did that not work, we lost most of the recordings we had stored,  we still didn't have TCM back, we lost our Netflix streaming that was included  with our plan, & now with the new box only with about 14 items stored we are already at almost 80% capacity! We probably had close to 100 items on our old box  & was only like 35% full! We are Diamond status members & that is how we get treated! Not happy! How do we access more storage space without being charged more since we had it before?

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