Spectrum is driving me nuts with the pixalating and pausing too! Price hikes no good either. Friends keep telling me to drop them but I'm afraid of change lol. I record about everything because commercials drive me nuts. I have a Firestick now but haven't connected it. They recommended several other things that I already forgot but it seemed like Firestick was good for me because I'm boycotting NFL. But I'm sure I'd miss some other stuff so I'm going to try it while I still have Spectrum and hopefully eventually give them the boot along with their price hikes and pauses and pixes.