I leave the tv on almost always when I'm home. I got the contour 9865 dvr today, and was shocked to find out that when a recorded show is paused after maybe 10 or 15 minutes instead of going to a screen saver like every other dvr or DVD player I've ever had it just shifts to live tv. It's usually extremely loud and interrupts whatever reason I paused the show. Not only does this waste power, add wear and tear to the tv, and make no sense...but it interrupts the reason why I paused the tv! I've gone through the settings and searched the forums, I don't think I'm missing a setting or anything.
I just don't understand how anyone would program it to I pause itself and blast live tv when the user paused it...and only after a very short time? Please show me the screen saver..