Yesterday, I wrote:
ARRGGHH!! I set my DVR to record this. When I got up, my DVR was on but it had a big error message on the screen, basically saying that my DVR was 100% full!
Not again. I deleted a tiny clip that I had recorded and INSTANTLY my DVR was ONLY 24% full. What gives? Why does it do that?? It's not fair.
Then, der Brucer der Brucer wrote:
I don't know about yours, but mine (from COMCAST) seems to "lose" space over time - if I unplug it and then re-power up, the lost space is recovered. (Turning off is not sufficient, you must un-plug!)
der Brucer
der brucer
Thanks for the tip, but that won't prevent this problem from happening in the first place.

I figured that I can record several clips of just a few seconds each, and when this happens and I need to delete something...
anything, I can delete one of the clips and that'll reset the "space available" ratio. I don't doubt that powering down the DVR would work, but it just seems like it's more of a hassle.