Recording two programs at a time

"Randy S." wrote in message
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Q: Is it possible to play back a previously recording program
while TiVo is busy recording two new programs on dual tuner
boxes?

A: The answer is the same as above. A dual tuner TiVo is constantly
making two recordings (it has two independent 30-minute buffers).
Playing back anything involves two recording streams and one
playback stream, be it live TV, delayed live TV, or something
from Now Playing.

A dual tuner TiVo has enough power to do all three at once, and still
be able to handle scheduling (Guide data, Season Pass, etc).

-Joe

Sounds definitive. : -)
And if you had two coax boxes in the room, you could record two programs
on any station, I presume.

No, because as Joe has stated earlier, the DT SA Tuner has only one set of
inputs. So only one coax box can be attached to it at any one time.

Randy S.

Sorry to be so slow ... but are you saying that one coax feed both the
complete spectrum of stations and on a second case only the ones that
normally come to a tv set which doesn't have a convertor box? ... that the
one coax is the only one going to the Tivos that can record two programs?

"AKA Gray Asphalt" wrote in
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"Randy S." wrote in message
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Q: Is it possible to play back a previously recording
program
while TiVo is busy recording two new programs on dual
tuner
boxes?

A: The answer is the same as above. A dual tuner TiVo is
constantly making two recordings (it has two
independent
30-minute buffers). Playing back anything involves two
recording streams and one playback stream, be it live
TV,
delayed live TV, or something from Now Playing.

A dual tuner TiVo has enough power to do all three at
once,
and still be able to handle scheduling (Guide data,
Season
Pass, etc). -Joe

Sounds definitive. : -)
And if you had two coax boxes in the room, you could record
two
programs on any station, I presume.

No, because as Joe has stated earlier, the DT SA Tuner has
only
one set of inputs. So only one coax box can be attached to
it at
any one time. Randy S.

Sorry to be so slow ... but are you saying that one coax feed
both
the complete spectrum of stations and on a second case only the
ones that normally come to a tv set which doesn't have a
convertor
box? ... that the one coax is the only one going to the Tivos
that
can record two programs?

......and what about the premium channels (SHO, HBO etc.) does
TiVo unscramble them?

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

.....and what about the premium channels (SHO, HBO etc.) does TiVo
unscramble them?


No, until the S3 (which has cablecard) is released, you must use an
external box for descrambling.

Randy S.

"Randy S." wrote in message

.....and what about the premium channels (SHO, HBO etc.) does
TiVo
unscramble them?


No, until the S3 (which has cablecard) is released, you must
use an
external box for descrambling.

Randy S.

But the Dual Tuner TiVo only has one input or so someone says.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

On 2006-08-16, Travis M. wrote:
"Randy S." wrote in message

.....and what about the premium channels (SHO, HBO etc.) does
TiVo
unscramble them?


No, until the S3 (which has cablecard) is released, you must
use an
external box for descrambling.

Randy S.

But the Dual Tuner TiVo only has one input or so someone says.

The DT TiVo can only record one scrambled channel at a time. The S3 will
be able to record two scrambled channels at a time. I'm not sure where
any confusion around this is.

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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:35:06 GMT, "Travis M."
wrote:

"Randy S." wrote in message

.....and what about the premium channels (SHO, HBO etc.) does
TiVo
unscramble them?


No, until the S3 (which has cablecard) is released, you must
use an
external box for descrambling.

Randy S.

But the Dual Tuner TiVo only has one input or so someone says.

That would be two if you count the RF input. Of course that means
reduced quality.
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AKA Gray Asphalt wrote:

And if you had two coax boxes in the room, you could record two programs on
any station, I presume.

Yes, two separate TiVo boxes, each with its own subscription, can
operate independently. My family has his-and-hers SA TiVos.
Our first TiVo was getting confuse by two greatly different
sets of Wishlist and Suggestions. Two identical TiVos can live
peacefully in the same room as long as you go into Setup and
change one to remote code 1 and the other to remote code 2.

-Joe

Travis M. wrote:

But the Dual Tuner TiVo only has one input or so someone says.

Go back and read those postings again. The Dual Tuner TiVo
has one set of audio/visual inputs (for satellite or digital
cable set-top-box) and one coax input (for non-scrambled
analog cable channels).
-Joe

"Joe Smith" wrote in message

Travis M. wrote:

But the Dual Tuner TiVo only has one input or so someone
says.

Go back and read those postings again. The Dual Tuner TiVo
has one set of audio/visual inputs (for satellite or digital
cable set-top-box) and one coax input (for non-scrambled
analog cable channels).
-Joe

So with one cable box connected by RF and the other by A/V you
can record two cable channels. Both of them digital. My Comcast
STB RF output is channel 3.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

"Joe Smith" wrote in message
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AKA Gray Asphalt wrote:

And if you had two coax boxes in the room, you could record two programs
on any station, I presume.

Yes, two separate TiVo boxes, each with its own subscription, can
operate independently. My family has his-and-hers SA TiVos.
Our first TiVo was getting confuse by two greatly different
sets of Wishlist and Suggestions. Two identical TiVos can live
peacefully in the same room as long as you go into Setup and
change one to remote code 1 and the other to remote code 2.

-Joe

Sorry, I guess this isn't ever going to be clear to me, but I meant one TiVo
with two cable boxes. The TiVo changing channels on one and the other having
to be changed some other way, I guess.