Interesting you mention that. Last night I had an incident where I turned off the PVR at 10:50pm, then waited to see if it would turn on to record a program @ 11:00pm as programmed. It did not! So at 11:04pm I went it and the recording says it was terminated by the system or something like that. So i set the program to record manually and will leave the unit on all the time going forward. At least it's quiet and doesn't generate a lot of heat.
I also noticed in the setup menu (Pwr off then press Guide (I think) within 5 secs) you can dim or totally shutoff the front display if you want, even when it's on.
Having said that, being in the software industry myself, I am completely stunned that something as basic to the functionality of the device is flawed in this manner. How do these companies (Motorola, in this case) stay in business when they can't even get the basic features of the device reliable? Anyway, subject for another thread I suppose...
Thx. for the advice.