I've had 3 contour boxes fail, at which time I lost all my DVR recordings. I received my latest box 5 months ago and it is different - it uses the cloud. Now about a quarter of my recordings freeze, have intermittent sound, get mysteriously deleted or just fail to record. In the past seven days, not a single recording was playable. Instead I receive messages: "Sorry, we ran into a problem. This recording isn't available right now. Please try again later. XRE-06014" or just "Sorry, there was a problem with playback of this DVR recording." For $300 per month, you'd expect better service.