Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Nothing like having a DVR erase or "lose" a recording before you have a
chance to view it. Never happens with my VCRs.

VCRs never mangle tapes? Someone records over what you wanted to keep? You
can't find the tape something you want is on?
Of course with good housekeeping those can be minimised - but a PVR does
all that for you.

Answer for the above: NO, not for me.

A tape can suffer your above scenarios, but it is avoidable by the user.
A DVR erasing or "losing" a recording is random and the fault of the DVR.
No matter how careful a user is, the DVR *will* make recordings go "poof."