DVR with ATSC tuner and port for eSATA or USB drive

GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Daniel Prince wrote
Jim wrote

http://www.digitalconnection.com/pro...vixm6620np.asp
Dual tuner DVR (ATSC/ClearQAM) and supports USB HDDs (FAT32/NTFS).

The manual on this is not very clear. Can this DVR record
two different programs at the same time or can it just record
one program while the user watches a different program?

If it doesnt say so explicitly, it can normally only record one
program while allowing the user to watch something else.

Then its not what most DVR users call a Dual Tuner.

It isnt what DVR users call it that matters, its what the manufacturer calls it.

I have had the capability to record 2 things at once while watching an
already recorded show with my DirecTV TIVO DVR for over a decade now.

And quite a few with dual tuners cant do that.

In article , "Rod Speed" wrote:
GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Daniel Prince wrote
Jim wrote

http://www.digitalconnection.com/pro...vixm6620np.asp
Dual tuner DVR (ATSC/ClearQAM) and supports USB HDDs (FAT32/NTFS).

The manual on this is not very clear. Can this DVR record
two different programs at the same time or can it just record
one program while the user watches a different program?

If it doesnt say so explicitly, it can normally only record one
program while allowing the user to watch something else.

Then its not what most DVR users call a Dual Tuner.

It isnt what DVR users call it that matters, its what the manufacturer calls
it.


If a device had dual tuners, in this decade and this century one comes to
expect that the device is going to support recording two shows at once. if it
cant, then it is very obsolete hardware.


I have had the capability to record 2 things at once while watching an
already recorded show with my DirecTV TIVO DVR for over a decade now.

And quite a few with dual tuners cant do that.



Obsolete crap then!

"Jim" wrote:

It can record 2 programs at once and while viewing something else from the
HDD, network, or the some of the internet channels.

Have you used one of these and recorded two different programs
simultaneously?
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On 03/08/2011 01:31 PM, GMAN wrote:
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If it doesnt say so explicitly, it can normally only record one
program while allowing the user to watch something else.
It can record 2 programs at once and while viewing something else from the
HDD, network, or the some of the internet channels.
It even has a bit torrent client if like you "rent" movies from the pirate
bay.

Where in the website does it claim two shows can record at the same time while
watching a recorded show?

Indeed, the user manual repeatedly says, "In case of dual tuner, you can watch
other channels while recording a program of your choice," and doesn't mention
any other use of the dual tuner.

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GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Daniel Prince wrote
Jim wrote

http://www.digitalconnection.com/pro...vixm6620np.asp
Dual tuner DVR (ATSC/ClearQAM) and supports USB HDDs (FAT32/NTFS).

The manual on this is not very clear. Can this DVR record
two different programs at the same time or can it just record
one program while the user watches a different program?

If it doesnt say so explicitly, it can normally only record one
program while allowing the user to watch something else.

Then its not what most DVR users call a Dual Tuner.

It isnt what DVR users call it that matters, its what the manufacturer calls it.

If a device had dual tuners, in this decade and this century one comes to
expect that the device is going to support recording two shows at once.

Taint true of some of the cheapest chinese DVRs.

if it cant, then it is very obsolete hardware.

Wrong.

I have had the capability to record 2 things at once while watching an
already recorded show with my DirecTV TIVO DVR for over a decade now.

And quite a few with dual tuners cant do that.

Obsolete crap then!

Wrong!!!

"Daniel Prince" wrote in message
...
Have you used one of these and recorded two different programs
simultaneously?
Yup, use it to record the most of the late night shows no problems.

In article , "Jim" wrote:
"Daniel Prince" wrote in message
.. .
Have you used one of these and recorded two different programs
simultaneously?
Yup, use it to record the most of the late night shows no problems.

2 shows at once, while pulling up a thrird to playback?

Then why does the website say whatch one while record another? It says nothing
of record 2 while wtch a thrid already recorded show. Like i have said before,
Tivo has done that for over 10 years.

In article , "Rod Speed" wrote:
GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Daniel Prince wrote
Jim wrote

http://www.digitalconnection.com/pro...vixm6620np.asp
Dual tuner DVR (ATSC/ClearQAM) and supports USB HDDs (FAT32/NTFS).

The manual on this is not very clear. Can this DVR record
two different programs at the same time or can it just record
one program while the user watches a different program?

If it doesnt say so explicitly, it can normally only record one
program while allowing the user to watch something else.

Then its not what most DVR users call a Dual Tuner.

It isnt what DVR users call it that matters, its what the manufacturer calls
it.

If a device had dual tuners, in this decade and this century one comes to
expect that the device is going to support recording two shows at once.

Taint true of some of the cheapest chinese DVRs.

if it cant, then it is very obsolete hardware.

Wrong.


A device that is released in 2011 that can't do what a device 13 years ago
could without breaking a sweat "IS" very obsolete.

I have had the capability to record 2 things at once while watching an
already recorded show with my DirecTV TIVO DVR for over a decade now.

And quite a few with dual tuners cant do that.

Obsolete crap then!

Wrong!!!

How so???? Explain why it isnt obsolete?

GMAN wrote
Jim wrote
Daniel Prince wrote

Have you used one of these and recorded two different programs simultaneously?

Yup, use it to record the most of the late night shows no problems.

2 shows at once, while pulling up a thrird to playback?

Then why does the website say whatch one while record another?
It says nothing of record 2 while wtch a thrid already recorded show.

That may just be a lousy manual. Even some of the Japanese manual
leave a lot to be desired, including one Samsung TV which has a built
in digital TV tuner which the manual says nothing explicit about.

Like i have said before, Tivo has done that for over 10 years.

But thats a much more high end product than the cheapest chinese stuff.

GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Daniel Prince wrote
Jim wrote

http://www.digitalconnection.com/pro...vixm6620np.asp
Dual tuner DVR (ATSC/ClearQAM) and supports USB HDDs (FAT32/NTFS).

The manual on this is not very clear. Can this DVR record
two different programs at the same time or can it just record
one program while the user watches a different program?

If it doesnt say so explicitly, it can normally only record one
program while allowing the user to watch something else.

Then its not what most DVR users call a Dual Tuner.

It isnt what DVR users call it that matters, its what the
manufacturer calls it.

If a device had dual tuners, in this decade and this century one
comes to expect that the device is going to support recording two
shows at once.

Taint true of some of the cheapest chinese DVRs.

if it cant, then it is very obsolete hardware.

Wrong.

A device that is released in 2011 that can't do what a device 13
years ago could without breaking a sweat "IS" very obsolete.

Wrong when its a MUCH cheaper product than the 13 year old one was.

I have had the capability to record 2 things at once
while watching an already recorded show with my
DirecTV TIVO DVR for over a decade now.

And quite a few with dual tuners cant do that.

Obsolete crap then!

Wrong!!!

How so???? Explain why it isnt obsolete?

When its a much cheaper product that the Tivo has ever been.