Comments on: 180 HR Dual-Tuning TiVo Units Now Available http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/180-hr-dual-tuning-tivo-units-now-available/ All your digital media goodness. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MegaZone http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/180-hr-dual-tuning-tivo-units-now-available/comment-page-1/#comment-3350 MegaZone Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:37:49 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/180-hr-dual-tuning-tivo-units-now-available/#comment-3350 On the S2DT one tuner is pretty much always analog cable. The other tuner can be analog cable or digital cable (with box) or satellite (with box). And yeah, the regulation is that if you have an NTSC tuner you must also have an ATSC tuner. Not supporting OTA NTSC means they don't need to worry. The choice ends up being neither/both - the S2DT is neither, the S3 is both. On the S2DT one tuner is pretty much always analog cable. The other tuner can be analog cable or digital cable (with box) or satellite (with box).

And yeah, the regulation is that if you have an NTSC tuner you must also have an ATSC tuner. Not supporting OTA NTSC means they don’t need to worry. The choice ends up being neither/both – the S2DT is neither, the S3 is both.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/180-hr-dual-tuning-tivo-units-now-available/comment-page-1/#comment-3274 Dave Zatz Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:38:38 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/180-hr-dual-tuning-tivo-units-now-available/#comment-3274 You can use a DT model with satellite, but you will not be able to record two shows from your sat box simultaneously -- the second tuner will pretty much be dormant. With digital cable, you can record one show from the cable box and one via analog cable... meaning if both shows you want to record are digital, you're out of luck. Presumably, the NTSC OTA tuner has been removed to comply with a law going into effect next spring requiring most devices to contain an ATSC tuner. By entirely leaving out a tuner, TiVo may not be subject to that regulation. You can use a DT model with satellite, but you will not be able to record two shows from your sat box simultaneously — the second tuner will pretty much be dormant. With digital cable, you can record one show from the cable box and one via analog cable… meaning if both shows you want to record are digital, you’re out of luck. Presumably, the NTSC OTA tuner has been removed to comply with a law going into effect next spring requiring most devices to contain an ATSC tuner. By entirely leaving out a tuner, TiVo may not be subject to that regulation.

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