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Saorview-Cant watch 1 channel and record another.

  • 31-08-2012 12:02pm
    #1
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭


    All these ads with Gay Bryne and Ryan Turbidy telling us about Saorview and the future and what Saorview can do for you.. ....

    Turns out that you cant record a programme on 1 channel while you are viewing another channel with Saorview.


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Turns out that you cant record a programme on 1 channel while you are viewing another channel with Saorview.
    That depends on the box that you're using and has nothing to do with the Saorview service itself.

    Cheap DVRs will only let you watch/record one channel at a time.

    With the right equipment, you could watch and record all of the Saorview channels at the same time if you wanted to.


  • #3
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    seamus wrote: »
    That depends on the box that you're using and has nothing to do with the Saorview service itself.

    Cheap DVRs will only let you watch/record one channel at a time.

    You can watch and record all of the Saorview channels at the same time if you have the right equipment.

    Well the story is in alot of newspapers recently about the inability to record a programme from 1 channel while you are watching another channel.


  • #4
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Well that newspaper is wrong, some TVs mightn't be able to do it, or some set top boxes won't be able to, that's nothing to do with the service, it's down to the hardware, my box can record up to 9 different channels at once so I can confirm that they are wrong :)


  • #5
    Ronnie Raygun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭Ronnie Raygun


    If the 2nd multiplex ever launches, a receiver with 2 terrestrial tuners will be needed for full watch/record flexibility.


  • #6
    MarkK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭MarkK


    If you have a Saorview TV and a Saorview box for recording you can watch whatever channel you want on the Saorview TV while the Saorview box records something else.

    This is the same as it was with an analogue TV and VCR.


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  • #7
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭homer911


    Satellite Forum? :confused:


  • #8
    FREETV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭FREETV


    Clareman wrote: »
    Well that newspaper is wrong, some TVs mightn't be able to do it, or some set top boxes won't be able to, that's nothing to do with the service, it's down to the hardware, my box can record up to 9 different channels at once so I can confirm that they are wrong :)
    Hi, how do you go about recording up to 9 different channels at once then? What box do you have? :)


  • #9
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    My Sony HDD PVR allows me to record one Saorview channel and watch another.


  • #10
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    FREETV wrote: »
    Hi, how do you go about recording up to 9 different channels at once then? What box do you have? :)

    VU+ box with 3 tuners :)


  • #11
    FREETV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭FREETV


    Clareman wrote: »
    VU+ box with 3 tuners :)
    Yes thought that it might have been a very expensive Linux machine. :)


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  • #12
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Turns out that you cant record a programme on 1 channel while you are viewing another channel with Saorview.

    The first Saorview-approved twin-tuner PVR from Walker expected to be in the shops by early Oct according to the people in Saorview - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80522570#post80522570


  • #13
    FREETV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭FREETV


    The Cush wrote: »
    The first Saorview-approved twin-tuner PVR from Walker expected to be in the shops by early Oct according to the people in Saorview - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80522570#post80522570
    That's good to hear for recording Saorview but not much use for recording the T2 HD channels from the North in October or from Wales at present either. Pity that Vestel don't install T2 tuners for Walker but just go for the Irish minimum specification instead. :)


  • #14
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    I suppose at some point, DVB-T chips will become unavailable, as the larger markets move to T2. Plenty of the Saorview approved tvs from the big makers are just tweaked & rebadged Freeview HD sets.


  • #15
    Extinction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭Extinction


    The Triax TR212 that is pending approval and available from retailers at present allows you to watch one and record another.


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