X1 dvr recording limit changes/problems?

@coopdewluc, your 2-year agreement covers the price of your plan (Double Play, Triple Play, etc). However, equipment, taxes, and fees are subject to change during the term of the agreement. When this happens we notify customers on their bill statement at least 30 days in advance of the change taking place.

This change refers to Cloud storage specifically, as another Forums member indicated above. If Cloud DVR storage becomes full and you attempt to record additional programming, the same rules would apply, that it will delete the oldest recording(s) to make space available.

For more information, you can visit: https://comca.st/3soM7go

In this article, among other great information, it explains the difference here:

Stored Recordings

Storage Capacity: Currently, your X1 DVR can record approximately 150 total hours of HD and/or SD programming on the hard drive, and 150 hours of Cloud DVR storage per X1 DVR.

You can purchase additional Cloud DVR storage hours with or without DVR equipment in the home by contacting us. In some areas, you can upgrade your DVR service from your X1 TV Box by going to Main Menu > Saved > Recordings > Upgrade DVR Plan (located below the list of recorded programs).

I'm not sure what the point of sending a private message is. Since there is now more than 40 replies on this issue, it shows it is not an isolated issues. I am certainly not paying another $10.00 to have the same storage I have paid for during my 1 1/2 years after switching to Xfinity. Even though when I switched in July 2019, I had a 2 year price guarantee, the rates just increased by almost $18.00 for increases in all of our equipment. I will looking into alternatives (streaming or different cable company etc) when my 2 year agreement comes due in July. 

This needs to be looked into and fixed. If I end up losing recordings over this nonsense, I will be a VERY unhappy customer.

Great question! Our Premium DVR service includes 300 hours of Cloud storage and is available for $20 per month a la carte, or an additional $10 per month if you already have existing DVR service. 

Good morning, and thank you for reaching out through our Communities Forum today! There have been recent changes to the DVR storage capability, primarily with the Cloud DVR storage. You can visit https://comca.st/3bCVQc7 for more information on X1 DVR storage, including the difference between your local storage and Cloud DVR storage. This link has a ton of great information, so let me know if there's anything more I can help answer for you once you've had the chance to look it over! 

Do I only have access to 150 hours of cloud storage if I purchase increasing storage from 150 to 300 hours

So what is the cost?

Hi @photo_girl3, we'd be happy to look at area specific pricing to see what the cost would be to increase the DVR storage on your account. Can you please send me a Private Message including your first and last name as it appears on the account? To send me a Private Message, please click my name “ComcastAlyssa” and click “Send a message."

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@Jct777 wrote:
So this means that the storage capacity of the DVR changed if it now only holds 150 hours of SD. I always record in SD and could get 250 hours. So now we have to pay $10 more to get our storage back! That’s crazy and not good to keep customers.

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The following is just my current theory on what may be changing ...

BEFORE: For customers who have physical hard drive based DVRs and not one of the newer cloud only based accounts ... The % used on the saved screen was based on actual hard drive usage with backups on the cloud.  Was the cloud limit capped at 150 hours per DVR or just a complete copy of the hard drive contents which was capped by storage capacity?  The DVR might hold 100 hours of MPEG2 HD vs 200 hours MPEG4 HD.  You may be able to fit 250 to 300 hours of SD on the DVR.  I don't know how much would still back up to the cloud though as I never got that full

NOW: Instead of actual hard drive space, it sounds like possibly the DVR % usage may end up being based on minutes/hours used.  Each program stored on the hard drive lists the length of the program.  It may be now that we get 150 hours per physical DVR on the boxes and cloud.  So if you record 150 hours of SD programming on the actual hard drive it may only fill 70% of the DVR, but may report you hit 100% and start deleting old programs.  I'm thinking Comcast did their best estimate to calcualte 150 hours is pretty close to a full hard drive with mixed content as opposed to MPEG2 HD vs SD.

One way to test my above theory is to eventually record 150 hours of SD (which should not fill the DVR) and see if it reports back 100% usage

Hello, @amybth, thank you for reaching out in our Forum, I can definitely help with your DVR concerns. I love being able to watch all my shows and movies when I want, which is usually my weekend lol. So I totally get where you're coming from. In order to get started can you please send me a private message with your full name? To send a private message, click my name "ComastMarcos", then click "send message".

my dvr percentage went from around 69% to 84% last night with no new shows being recorded. In addition I have been deleting old and new recordings and the percentage is not going down. It doesn't seem to want to budge. I'm confused by this since the deletion of the newer shows should be freeing up space on the dvr, correct?  You think Comcast would notify its millions of customers when they start messing around with recording configurations that we are currently paying for...