[mythtv-users] MythTV to become obsolete?

[John Wells]

Shay - MythTV said:
> At 01:21 PM 9/15/2003, you wrote:
>>Shay said:
>> > So $600 for 2 TiVo's and $600 more for the 2 lifetime service
>> agreements
>> > is
>> > better?  And then there not even going to be worth anything in 1-3
>> years
>> > because of updated TiVo's?  I might be off on the prices.. I forget
>> what
>> > they are exactly..
>>
>>Wait a sec here...two Tivos?  The two tuner cards are for multiple
>> streams
>>to support live tv pause, etc., on one tv, which I believe one Tivo will
>>do as well....
>
> You only need 1 tuner card and 1 graphics card for live tv pause, or to
> record a show while watching a previously recorded show.  If you want to
> record 1 show and also have live tv pause then you need 2 tuner cards, or
> 2
> tivo's.  1 TiVo handles 1 stream.  2 handles 2 streams.
>
> Am I missing something else you are trying to do?  Why specifically did
> you
> buy 2 tuner cards?

Shay,

I wanted to be able to use live tv features while recording a show...or to
record two shows at once.

I thought Tivos has this capability by default (i.e. two tuners?)?