Recording two programs at a time

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on the
one not controlled by the TiVo.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select channels
on any source it can record.

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you
would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on
the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select channels
on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner
TiVo.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you
would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on
the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select channels
on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner
TiVo.


The DT TiVo can't access programming from two cable boxes at once.
Basic cable doesn't require a cable box and digital cable likely must have one.

Has this thread gone full circle yet?

From the TiVo web site: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp
"*Record 2 basic cable channels, or one basic cable and one digital cable channel, at once."

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes
you
would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel
on
the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on
the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a
channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select
channels
on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner
TiVo.


The DT TiVo can't access programming from two cable boxes at
once.
Basic cable doesn't require a cable box and digital cable
likely
must have one.

Has this thread gone full circle yet?

From the TiVo web site: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp
"*Record 2 basic cable channels, or one basic cable and one
digital
cable channel, at once."

Is TiVo assuming that the user has only one cable box?

--


Travis in Shoreline Washington

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you
would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on
the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select channels
on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner
TiVo.


The DT TiVo can't access programming from two cable boxes at once.
Basic cable doesn't require a cable box and digital cable likely
must have one.

Has this thread gone full circle yet?

From the TiVo web site: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp
"*Record 2 basic cable channels, or one basic cable and one digital
cable channel, at once."


Is TiVo assuming that the user has only one cable box?


TiVo isn't "assuming" anything. The statement describes a limitation
of the TiVo DT DVR. It will not control two cable boxes.

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume.
Yes
you would
have to use your cable box remote to change the
channel
on the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change
channels on
the cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording
select
a channel? Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT
TiVo can select
channels on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual
Tuner
TiVo.


The DT TiVo can't access programming from two cable boxes
at
once. Basic cable doesn't require a cable box and digital
cable
likely must have one.

Has this thread gone full circle yet?

From the TiVo web site: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp
"*Record 2 basic cable channels, or one basic cable and one
digital cable channel, at once."


Is TiVo assuming that the user has only one cable box?


TiVo isn't "assuming" anything. The statement describes a
limitation
of the TiVo DT DVR. It will not control two cable boxes.

I know it will not control 2 cable boxes but that doesn't mean it
can't record the output of 2 cable boxes.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select channels
on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial connection for
changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner TiVo.

--


Travis in Shoreline Washington

On Cox, there is no serial port, so one of the boxes would have to be
controlled by the cable companies software, I guess.

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes you
would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel on
the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on the
cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select a channel?

Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can select channels
on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner
TiVo.


The DT TiVo can't access programming from two cable boxes at once.
Basic cable doesn't require a cable box and digital cable likely must have
one.

Has this thread gone full circle yet?

From the TiVo web site: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp
"*Record 2 basic cable channels, or one basic cable and one digital cable
channel, at once."

We are not talking about DT TiVo, though. At least I'm not. And that is what
seems to be one reason this thread doesn't resolve anything.

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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.

You are talking about a Dual Tuner TiVo I presume. Yes
you would
have to use your cable box remote to change the channel
on the
one not controlled by the TiVo.


If you have to use a cable box remote to change channels on
the cable box, how does a TiVo timer recording select
a channel? Call me optimistic, but I'd guess a DT TiVo can
select
channels on any source it can record.

From what others have said here there is only one serial
connection for changing cable box channels on the Dual Tuner
TiVo.


The DT TiVo can't access programming from two cable boxes at
once. Basic cable doesn't require a cable box and digital cable
likely must have one.

Has this thread gone full circle yet?

From the TiVo web site: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp
"*Record 2 basic cable channels, or one basic cable and one
digital cable channel, at once."


Is TiVo assuming that the user has only one cable box?


TiVo isn't "assuming" anything. The statement describes a limitation
of the TiVo DT DVR. It will not control two cable boxes.

I know it will not control 2 cable boxes but that doesn't mean it can't
record the output of 2 cable boxes.

--


Travis in Shoreline Washington

Exactly. But is he talking about Direct TV TiVo, when he says "DT"? Because
Direct TV does not have a cable box. It has a satellite receiver, right?
Satellite is very different because a TiVo doesn't haven't to compress
Direct TV programs as they come that way to the box, while cable comes in as
analog and has to be compressed to mpeg or whatever it is? What is it Divx
or MPeg?