Okay, my Series 1 Philips DSR6000 has been acting up lately. It's been upgraded with (as I recall) two 120G HDs. I have no idea what I did with the original (unlike my first, now dead SA TiVo HD, which resides in a special box).

Anyway, since moving to Vonage in December, I no longer have it hooked up to a phone line, but when I heard about the time change software update, I forced it to make it happen.

Ever since then, when playing back video (or even watching "live tv"), I get a frequent "burp", where the video pauses for a second or two, then digitally "catches up" rapidly (it sounds like a CD or an old DAT tape being fast-forwarded).

This even occurs when watching very old recordings I have stored, though not nearly as frequently as it does with videos recorded since the SW update. As a result, I'm more than suspicious that it's not just a bad HD or two I'm dealing with here. Working 100% perfectly prior to a SW upgrade and then screwing up frequently immediately afterward forces me to suspect the soft rather than the hard.

I could (and might) just pick up a couple of new HDs and image them, but before I do that I'd prefer to see if there are other alternatives to pursue as money's too tight to mention just now (IRS next month and my health insurance just shot up like a Chinese satellite-destroying rocket).

Any suggestions are appreciated...the temp is at an even 50C (on the high-end, I know, but still within accepted tolerance). I plan to power down at midnight and let it "rest" until morning, but I am doubtful that will solve this problem.

It SEEMS as if I'm the only one experiencing EXACTLY THIS problem...anyone else? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?

(I hate imaging HDs...and I hate unnecessarily spending money even more.)

Thanks in advance,

K.