Re: DVR programming (was: Eureka)

In article <h5f230$td2$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

erilar <drache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The web TV Guide gives me two weeks ahead and I get a list that
reaches further out than that for some of my favorites. My limitation
in the past has been that I didn't have room, even with two VCRs, for
all the new episodes of favorites when I was gone for a month in spring.
As I understand it, I can record more shows with a DVR, which I only
need to do once a year, but can't record 2 at once and simultaneously
watch a 3rd "live", as I can with my two VCRs.

No, you cannot. Each VCR has one tuner. You can watch whatever station
the tuner is set to, or monitor a recording taking place.
Oh, yes I can! With my setup, I can record two programs(two VCRs, one
running outboard) and watch a different--aka 3rd-- program directly.
All you have to do is connect things together correctly. This is, I'm
told, flat-out impossible with DVRs.

The same applies to the DVR: You may watch the channel it's set to or
monitor a recording taking place on a specific channel. If the DVR is
dual tuner, then each of the two tuners can be used to record
simultaneous programs on different channels.
So I hear. A major step down from my current set-up.

If you were to watch a third program live, you'd need to engage a third
tuner, like the one in your tv.

That's the major "plus" for series recordings in my mind (second is
recording two shows at once, and I can watch one that's already been
recorded during that).

Doesn't that make 3???

Remember that the DVR is a computer. The hard drive is accessed
randomly on a computer, which is what allows it to perform multiple
functions at once. Thanks to random access, a recorded program can be
watched at the same time a new program is being recorded.

Watching a recording doesn't engage the tuner. So no, with a dual tuner
DVR, watching a recorded program doesn't conflict with two recordings
being made of shows airing simultaneously on different channels.

In other words, I can't watch a 3rd program unless I've recorded it
previously, which totally fails to address the 3-programs-at-once
conundrum network schedulers love to create.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo ;


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