Thanks for the info. I was about to buy a Tivo but if it's skipping recordings too...
Never had a problem with Tivo Minis losing connection, and the UI was SOOOO much faster than the Joey 2.0s I have now. I had a Tivo Stream which worked well for downloading to a mobile device, but out of home streaming never worked for me. Both the Tivo and H3 solutions are good options IMHO. Both are somewhat better than the options from DirecTV, and much, much better than anything I've seen from a cable company.