Well, I’m still getting this buffering and I can’t seem to replicate exactly what’s causing it. Right now I think it may be related to how long its been between power cycles. I’ll set up the Quad to reboot in the middle of the night with the rest of the wiring closet with my UIS device and see if a 24 hour window between power cycles will take care of things. Very tough little bug here to figure out. One thing I know for sure is the recordings are fine, its just the playback / live TV that is experiencing the buffering problem.