Hi, 15161G. I, and many others, such as stile99, are having the same issue. I have only had this replacement Hopper 36 days. I sometimes wish I had kept the old Hopper, even though it would randomly and inopportunely reboot and reacquire signal, interrupting recordings and causing a 2 - 3 minute loss of programming on both "live" TV and recordings that were in progress. This replacement Hopper initially updated to Software Version U220 on December 8th when first connected. And it worked almost flawlessly up until the U224 Software update. And then the same issue you are having, blank screens on programmed recordings, became an epidemic. It is still happening at a rate of almost half of the time. So if I record 8 programs a day, I am lucky if 4 record properly. You are not alone, but, collectively, we as a group, sometimes feel we are just being ignored. We are paying for the privilege to record, but we are not receiving adequate service. Hopefully, there will be a satisfactory solution. Luckily, I am not restricted or restrained by a contract. I am under no obligation to remain with Dish. But if one is contractually bound by the fear of penalties and fees if cancelling is desired, then that is something that must be considered. Thank you.