funny you should mention blowing fuses and cb.
because thats how this all came about, came home one night, and half the house had no power.
checked the meter box and the safety switch had been tripped, flicked her back on, everything come back on fine except for the dvr.
the green led on the power supply no longer lights up so i assume shes dead. and yes, tried another powerpoint, and also everything else plugged into the powerpoint it was plugged into works fine.