I've been with Directv for 5-6 years, always with a TiVo DVR. I've had my current two TiVo's (one Samsung, one R10) for about 3 years and suddenly, almost daily, while playing back a show, my TiVo will suddenly go into Powering Up mode. There has been no power outage, just suddenly powers up, and usually within the first few minutes of turning on the unit and viewing a show. Once it completes the power-up sequence, no problem. The recorded show has reset to the beginning of the program, not a big deal. This has happened--and is happening daily now--on the Samsung primarily, but the R10 has also done it 3 times in the last month. It's annoying, but my biggest concern is if this ever happens while it's recording I will lose 10 minutes of the show while it reboots (or longer perhaps).

Have you heard of this problem from other users? Does it mean my hard drives are wearing out, as DTV says and I simply must replace the DVRs? (They sent me a free R15 but I am returning it never opened.)

Thanks, Michelle