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Is this PVR dead, or just "Pining for the Fjords"?

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I'm pretty sure of the answer, but thought I'd ask anyway. Long post with lots of details so you can see exactly what happened... I was out at Mom's house last night, and while watching the last few recorded Dr. Whos, the PVR seemed to be having a bit of trouble. Usually at the end of each I pick "Watch the next", and confirm "Delete this one" first. Normally it's gone in a couple of seconds and then back to the show, but this time it took a good 30 seconds before it stopped saying the PVR was "busy" and deleted it. The next show didn't start right up (just a black screen), so I went back to live TV for a minute, then in through the menus to play it. It took several seconds of black screen, but it eventually started. At then end of that one, the "Watch next episode" shuffle didn't work at all. I could still get live TV, I could find the recording through the menus, but playing just got a black screen with no response from any options (pause, FF, status). I thought maybe the system needed refreshing, so I went to the menus (all options were visible), and picked Reboot the System. Got to the famous "Your TELUS TV Digital set top box is initializing" screen, and watched that for a while (kind of boring with no explosions or car chases). Watched it for waaaaaaay too long, and finally went to the Internet to refresh my memory of the problem. I can't remember if I rebooted again through the menus, or held the power button, or pulled the plug, but I got the "Initializing" screen again, followed in a while by something new... "Client initialization error". Closed that, followed by another reboot and the same thing happened again. I could get into the menus, but there were only limited options shown, and even they didn't all work. Tried a Big Reboot.... First I turned everything off, unplugged the V1000h and the PVR. Plugged in the V1000h, it booted up fine, had internet and wireless. Plugged in the PVR, got the "Initializing" screen followed by the "Client initialization error" again. Followed the Internet instructions for the BIG HARD THROBBING reboot... I used the limited interface options to "Reboot the system". 3 round dots = pull power plug, wait, replug. 3 round dots = pull power plug, wait, replug. 3 round dots = pull power plug, wait, replug. What I got next: 1 Big Gear, slow moving status bar. 2 Big Gears, little bar zipped across a couple of times. 2 Big Gears, black status bar for several minutes. Big Red X with 1 square dot under it. Waited a while, read some more Internet posts, no remote control response, so I held the power button until it rebooted again. 1 Big Gear, slow moving status bar. 2 Big Gears, little bar zipped across a couple of times. 2 Big Gears, black status bar for several minutes. Big Red X with *2* square dots under it. Again no response, so I held the power button until it rebooted. 1 Big Gear, black status bar with no movement. Eventually Big Red X with *no* square dots, and the PVR's green "link" and red "record" lights flashing. Power button doesn't work, remote doesn't work. Should I spread some jam on it because it's toast? Should I build a chimney with it because it's a brick? Should I......... nope, can't think of another one. I'll be out there again today to give it another shot, though I doubt it will have magically fixed itself overnight. Note: Mom actually passed on a couple of months ago, but we left the system going so there'd be something to occupy the kids while we clean, sort though everything and wait for probate to go through. I'm thinking we should just cancel Optik, but keep the landline and Internet going for a while. I believe it's on a month-to-month now (account says "No current service agreement") so there shouldn't be any cancellation fees. Can they "turn off" just the TV part (and its monthly charge) without a tech visit or a big "retention department" hassle?

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