Recording two programs at a time

"Howard" wrote in message
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"Randy S." wrote in
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I did not see or say anything of the sort.

The question as I understood it was "Can you record two shows while
watching a previously-recorded show?". The answer given was it depends
on the TiVo. IE...with a dual tuner you can watch a
previously-recorded show while recording an additional two shows, but
with a 'regular' TiVo, you can't. Therefore the answer was correct.
It depends on your TiVo. Can you record two shows (regardless of what
else is going on) at the same time with a DT? Yes. Can you without
two tuners, a state the vast majority of TiVos find themselves in? No,
you can't.

A red herring was then thrown in claiming that answer to be incorrect,
because ALL TiVos can play a previously-recorded show while recording
an additional. This was never in question. The question was can you
do so while recording TWO additional. The answer was valid. The red
herring was not.


Actually, Howard, if you look at the OP, the subject was:

"Recording two programs at a time"

and the text was

"On the Tivos that can do this [i.e. record two shows at once - Randy
S.], can you watch a recorded program whild recording two?"

so the question was directed solely at those Tivos that can record 2
shows at once, since he specified "on those Tivos that can do this".
The OP didn't specify SA or DTivo.

I'm aware. Joe's reply was inaccurate, and as I said, strange to have
been
entered into a thread and in response to a message regarding TiVos with
two
tuners. But I don't see it as something to argue over. Despite Joe's
statement, the ability to watch one program while recording two others
depends on your TiVo.

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I think the OP's question was about processing speed and whether new Tivos
that can record two programs as a standalone from cable (one through the box
and one from channels that do not need a box) ... whether the Tivo can
handle recording two programs while watching another that is already
recorded.

Howard wrote:
Joe Smith wrote in
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Jack Snodgrass wrote:
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:59:22 -0700, AKA Gray Asphalt wrote:

On the Tivos that can do this, can you watch a recorded program whild
recording two?
depends on your Tivo.
No, it doesn't. All TiVos allow you to watch a previously recorded
program while recording. Period.

However, not all TiVos allow you to watch a previously recorded program
while recording "two".

Reading comprehension. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Notice how that was explicitly mentioned. "For the TiVos that
can do this". Given the case where that premise is true, the
answer does not depend on anything else.
-Joe

Howard wrote:
On the Tivos that can do this, can you watch a recorded program whild recording two?

The question as I understood it was "Can you record two shows while
watching a previously-recorded show?".

That explains the difference between your post and mine.
I understood the question as "can you watch a previously recorded
show while the TiVo is busy recording". The answer is an
unqualified "yes".
-Joe

Howard wrote:

What's confusing is you go on to discuss the DT TiVo.

Jack mentioned the standalone dual-tuner TiVo.

Regardless, "depends on your TiVo" is an
accurate response to the question posited. Yours is not.

My response is accurate: On all TiVos, you can watch as
previously recorded program while the TiVo is busy recording.

-Joe

"Joe Smith" wrote in message
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Howard wrote:

What's confusing is you go on to discuss the DT TiVo.

Jack mentioned the standalone dual-tuner TiVo.

Regardless, "depends on your TiVo" is an accurate response to the
question posited. Yours is not.

My response is accurate: On all TiVos, you can watch as
previously recorded program while the TiVo is busy recording.

-Joe

The question is whether you can watch a show while two shows are being
recorded on a stand alone using one of the newer models that allow you to
record one show through a cable box and one directly from the coax.

Our HD TIVO will record two programs while playing back one HD program.
Lotsa bandwidth happening here.

Our HD TIVO will record two HD programs while playing back one HD
program. Lotsa bandwidth happening here.

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Our HD TIVO will record two programs while playing back one HD program.
Lotsa bandwidth happening here.

Is it a standalone?

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Our HD TIVO will record two programs while playing back one HD program.
Lotsa bandwidth happening here.

Is it a standalone?

I'm asking because the standalones have to do a lot more work since
satellites send down digital, compressed files and the Tivo doesn't have to
do that. Those kind have been able to do 3 things at once for a long time.
It's news to me about HD though. Do you find HD that much better. I
sometimes wish I was getting a slide show with audio, on some programs,
especially news where 'talking heads' seem to take up a lot of bandwidth and
you get remotes from a place where something happened 3 hours before and is
no different than any other building or park ...

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:12:44 -0700, AKA Gray Asphalt wrote:

"AKA Gray Asphalt" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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Our HD TIVO will record two programs while playing back one HD program.
Lotsa bandwidth happening here.

Is it a standalone?

I'm asking because the standalones have to do a lot more work since
satellites send down digital, compressed files and the Tivo doesn't have to
do that. Those kind have been able to do 3 things at once for a long time.
It's news to me about HD though. Do you find HD that much better. I
sometimes wish I was getting a slide show with audio, on some programs,
especially news where 'talking heads' seem to take up a lot of bandwidth and
you get remotes from a place where something happened 3 hours before and is
no different than any other building or park ...

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong... I've just started
thinking about getting a HD Tivo. Currently, the ONLY HD
tivo is the HR-250 Tivo. It is a DirectTV Tivo, BUT it also
records OTA broadcast so it's both a stand-a-lone and a
satellite Tivo.

The OTA ATSC broadcast are digital... like the satellite broadcast,
so the tivo ( mostly ) just has to record what is sent. There is not
mpeg decoding going on that a no-HD tivo has to do.

I don't know if the HDR-250 HD Tivo can record 2 OTA signals at
one time or if it can do 2 SAT Signals at one time or what it can
do exactly... Currently I have a mythTV, dual atsc tuner card
setup that I use on my 32" HDTV LCD monitor. I'm thinking that when
I get a new HDTV for the living room, that my family will prefer
the HD Tivo since they've had a Tivo remote for the last 6 years.

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