I take that back, I thought you were talking about rebooting. Powering completly off and then back on I have never had to do. I have only had to reboot mine from time to time.
Must just be a luck of the draw or something. Cause I had a bad box and they replaced it and I haven't had any problems with mine in quite sometime.
I do have a question though. Can someone explain to me why 2 out of 4 of my HD movie channels get all distorted like when a fast action scene happens? Happens on one showtime and 1 HBO HD channel, but not on the others or any other HD tier I have. Find that strange. Could that be something with the box? Cause it don't do it on my Sony, just my Westinghouse, but all the other channels are fine. So I doubt it would be the TV. Any ideas?