Recording 1 while watching 1 on Miraclebox cable?

[gambino]

Do we need a twin tuner box for the record 1 and watch 1 feature on cable?
On satelite you need 2 tuners.
Need to know this before i decide on a twin tuner or a single tuner.
Would prefer 1 sat 1 cable tuner in a single box.

Like on tivo it only has 1 cable going in but you can record multiple channels

[loncell]

if you get a sat/cable and you can run both then your fine . record cable and watch anything on the sat side of things.

Miraclebox works good for that.

[gambino]

what about recording cable and watching another channel on cable?

wont i need 3 tuners for that? 2 cable and 1 sat?

[piggy12]

what about recording cable and watching another channel on cable?

wont i need 3 tuners for that? 2 cable and 1 sat?

If the other channel is on the same transponder, then ok, but if it's on another then the answer is YES !! you'll need three tuner's....2 cable and 1 sat. I'm running 2 cable and 2 sat tuner's at the moment..was three sat not long ago...not sure what your box is capable of as mines a DM8000 = 2 sat + 2 others. Hope this helps.

[gambino]

thinking of buying miraclebox twin premium

[piggy12]

thinking of buying miraclebox twin premium

Think that is either 2 x cable or 2 x terrestrial HD(aerial which we get on TV anyway) or a mix of either, but no sat.......so with that one you can record and watch another...cable only...no sat.

Reckon you might need a box that has more than 2 tuners......C/T is one tuner, but capable of either cable or terrestrial....not both at once.

[gambino]

what do i choose on the tuner options when ordering this box? i want 2 cable tuners

[piggy12]

what do i choose on the tuner options when ordering this box? i want 2 cable tuners

Might be worth looking at this....GiGaBlue HD QUAD+ PLUS....it's more expensive but...2 x sat and you can add 2 x cable tuners or 3/4 sat tuners...just like my DM8000 but a lot cheaper.
Sat & Cable...swings and roundabouts...best of both worlds with a box like this. HD on sat is gone but......

When and if cable goes tit's up, as has done before and everyone went Sat..it was a new box, with a box like this you only need to swap tuners