[mythtv-users] MythTV to become obsolete?

[Shay - MythTV]

At 05:19 PM 9/15/2003, you wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Shay - MythTV wrote:
>
> > At 01:51 PM 9/15/2003, you wrote:
> > >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?)?
> >
> > They don't I'm afraid.  I haven't heard of all of the v3 features, but 2
> > tuners is a huge request.
> >
> > So now you should feel better about having 2 tuners.. ;)  You will have a
> > better machine than a TiVo..  for awhile.. still probably cheaper than what
> > TiVo will eventually come up with.
> >
> > -Shay
>
>Actually, there is a way described in the Tivo setup manual to do both, watch
>live TV and record a different show. They suggest that if your TV is cable
>ready, that you use a splitter, direct on the cable coax line, so that one 
>feeds
>through the cable box into the Tivo and one feeds directly into an input 
>on your
>TV.
>
>The one problem I can see is that without the cable box, the cable channels on
>my TV are all screwy, so that instead of NBC being channel 11, it's 
>channel 22,
>etc.
>
>-Kelly

True, but he wants to be able to pause live tv while recording another 
channel, which you can't do without 2 tivo's or 2 tuners.