Tivo Roamio - recorded shows lagging after new skip mode feature?

No, haven't had that problem.

 

I'm a new TIVO Roamio user since Xmas. Loved it for the first two months and then recently started having recorded shows freezing for several seconds and a more annoying problem with channel changes taking 10-15 seconds of black screen before showing the new channel. Tried changing video format and also restarting. I also notice that the skip feature to jump thru the commercials often hangs up for several seconds.

Any suggestions???

 

Perhaps some specifics can help the trouble be found. Model of TiVo, cable company or OTA, Guide selection or channel up/down, etc. and things I can't think of.

Whenever I get strange behavior, like having my 1P entries reordered, I use the help, restart, Clear Program Information and To Do List. This takes about an hour on a basic Roamio, but nothing is lost.

 

No problem for me. Bought my Roamio a few months after launch.

 

I did the help, restart first and the channel change delay improved significantly. Is the help, restart different from a simple power off, power on restart? I have not done the clear program info yet and may not need to.

Too soon to tell if the freezing problems have gone away.

I have a Roamio TCD846500 with a comcast cable card.

I feel like a jerk if help, restart was all i needed to do, but how is that different from unplugging, counting to 30, and plugging back in which i did do?

Thanks for the help.

 

I did the help, restart first and the channel change delay improved significantly. Is the help, restart different from a simple power off, power on restart? I have not done the clear program info yet and may not need to.

Too soon to tell if the freezing problems have gone away.

I have a Roamio TCD846500 with a comcast cable card.

I feel like a jerk if help, restart was all i needed to do, but how is that different from unplugging, counting to 30, and plugging back in which i did do?

Thanks for the help.

 

If you are going to do a power cycle, I suggest you place the TiVo into Standby mode. That stops the writing of data to the HDD. Also, a power cycle can be more effective as a restart doesn't reset all the chips. It's the same with any computer. A restart is ok for clearing some of the counters, but a reset is either a button (which the TiVo doesn't have) or a power cycle. Personal preference.

 

After the Skip Mode update I did see a sluggishness of going from My Shows to the show starting, and an overall slowness of the menu items. No Picture freezes. I had restarted the device by going to standby and unplugging, I don't think it helped any. I now tried using the Help Restart and a noticeable difference, I'd say back to normal.