Multituners and how they work

[mmatheny]

Last night I was testing multi-recording, to make all my tuners could be picked. I started 2 recordings on the digital tuners, and it dropped out to the main menu. When I pressed LiveTV, it asked me if I wanted to watch one of the channels it was recording. I said no. After that, I could never get LiveTV to come up again, would drop back to the main menu.

Also, is that how it's supposed to work? I have to change to a channel I am watching, then tune to a different (say analog if I'm using both digital tuners).

[whurlston]

Is the 2250 the only card you have installed? If so, even though you configured two analog and two digital tuners, you only have two tuners, so that behaviour is correct.

[mmatheny]

Yes it is - I though I could tune 2 analog and 2 digital stations at the same time!? It HAS 2 separate digital and 2 analog tuners, doesn't it?

[mmatheny]

Well, just saw this on their website - so I guess each tuner can tune EITHER analog OR digital, and it really only has 2 tuners, analog/digital combo. Thanx for correcting my dumbness!

WinTV-HVR-2250 has these great features

WinTV-HVR-2250
Watch and record two TV programs at the same time: two analog cable TV channels, two digital TV channels or one analog cable and one clear QAM digital cable TV channel.

[whurlston]

Yeah, it's only two tuners. This card is somewhat unique in that each tuner can tune anything. Usually, the 2 analog would be separate from the 2 digital tuners.

[nv40]

Found the info using search...sorry for digging up old thread.