# TV DVR providers -- all of them suck

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-dvr-providers-all-of-them-suck/420123 "2007-09-22T19:09:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-dvr-providers-all-of-them-suck/420123/21 "2007-09-24T17:59:45Z")

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I got fed-up with every provider same as you. Currently we are getting all our programming via broadcast and using one of [these.](http://www.geerwerkz.com/GW-6503.pdf) (pdf) I’m using Vista as the OS and have 4 gigs of RAM and 2 500gig and 1 250gig Hard drives. I put together that flier for a friend that wanted something like mine. It’s hooked to the last remaining TV set in the house. I replaced the others with tuner cards for the SO and kids computers. As soon as 36" monitors drop a little in price that TV is history as well.

I know it doesn’t help with your problem, sorry.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-dvr-providers-all-of-them-suck/420123/22 "2007-09-24T20:22:16Z")

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[QUOTE=McNew]  
The TiVo Series 2 is a single tuner? I didn’t realize that, because I can watch one show and TiVo another, or TiVo two separate shows at the same time. I think the only restriction is that only one of them can be on a premium channel, but otherwise I often have 2 shows being recorded simultaneously.

And we just switched from the nightmare that was Comcast, to Verizon Fios. Loving it.  
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Being able to watch one show while recording another doesn’t make it dual tuner. However, being able to record 2 shows at the same time does make it dual tuner. I was referring to the original Series 2, which was single tuner. The dual tuner Tivo they much later came out with is called a “Series 2 Dual Tuner”, so you’re right a Series 2 can record 2 shows at once.

I think they’re coming out with too many models, it’s confusing which support antenna, which support satellite, which support cable, which support CableCard.

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