Pioneer DVR-810HS DVD Recorder with TiVo Basic Service
Pixelation Problems With Pioneer TIVO TVR
I have just returned my 2nd DVR-810H. This time I called Pioneer and, voila, learned from Pioneer Advanced Tech that there are intermittent pixelation problems on ALL the Pioneer Tivo DVR's. At the moment, there is no &quot;fix&quot; but Pioneer says that they are working on one.  There is no pixelation if you record everthing on the &quot;ultra fine&quot; setting - but then you are down to a grand total of 16 hours recording time on the unit. Pioneer is not yet acknowledging this issue on its website.  But they will tell you if you call &quot;advanced tech&quot; support. Other than the &quot;ultra fine&quot; recording quality, the recording cannot even compare to a regular TIVO Series 2.  This is all very unfortunate - because the idea of being able to transfer programs straight to DVD-R is a great idea and you don't have to do it in &quot;real time&quot; -- as opposed to &quot;saving to VCR&quot; which does have to be done in &quot;real time.&quot; Maybe Pioneer will straighten the record problems out one of these days, and if they ever do, this will be a fine unit. In the meantime, be ready to fall out of your seat everytime the picture pixelates on you (even watching &quot;live&quot; TV which, of course is recorded and therefore lags behind &quot;live&quot; be a few seconds...) and this happens about every 2-3 minutes. Very obtrusive, and certainly unacceptable in a unit with a high price tag like this one.