drvnbysound
Senior Member
What is the best way to alleviate the problem of only having dual tuner DVR ability? Currently we have a single Comcast HD/DVR box, and a secondary HD STB (w/o DVR). I know it wont be long and Im going to need to swap the secondary STB to one with DVR, or find another DVR solution all together. Being we have the single DVR now, and its dual-tuner ability, we can only record 1 show, while watching another. There are times when, between my wife and I, that we have 3-4 shows that are all on at the same time. Do I 1) Get the second DVR and a matrix switcher so I can basically pick what STB streams to the main living room TV (because we obviously dont want to have to change rooms to watch different shows depending on what box they were recorded on). Or 2) Is there better DVR solution all together (ie. server?) - Im guessing that there is something in this area that can do it, but Im not that up to date on the whole server/HTPC stuff, etc. and how a PC could handle multiple feeds at the same time either.
NOTE: Watching less TV is not a suitable suggestions as my goal is to make my brain similar to the consistency of a marshmellow.... haha.. j/k
In all honesty we really dont watch all that much TV, maybe 6-8 hours a week total would be my guess (between the two of us).. it just so happens that many of the shows we watch occur at the same time on the same nights at the same time. Usually, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. Its usually not more than 3 shows, but obviously a problem for a dual tuner DVR that can only support 2.
A lot of it is also trying to record all instances of a particular series that comes on as well, even if they are re-runs (because I dont want to have to pull up the info on each one before selecting it to record). I would rather be able to record all instances of particular shows, so I go through them when I get the time to sit down and watch, and see if there were any episodes that I had previously missed - ie. sitcoms that have been on multiple years. Its also nice to have them all DVR'd so we dont have to sit through the commercials - DVR FF is great!!
Ive read very little (because I havent looked very hard yet) on devices such as SageTV. Should something like this be what I might look for? I guess I need to get a little smarter on the Sage product and find out what it really is and does.
Discussion/suggestions???
NOTE: Watching less TV is not a suitable suggestions as my goal is to make my brain similar to the consistency of a marshmellow.... haha.. j/k
In all honesty we really dont watch all that much TV, maybe 6-8 hours a week total would be my guess (between the two of us).. it just so happens that many of the shows we watch occur at the same time on the same nights at the same time. Usually, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. Its usually not more than 3 shows, but obviously a problem for a dual tuner DVR that can only support 2.
A lot of it is also trying to record all instances of a particular series that comes on as well, even if they are re-runs (because I dont want to have to pull up the info on each one before selecting it to record). I would rather be able to record all instances of particular shows, so I go through them when I get the time to sit down and watch, and see if there were any episodes that I had previously missed - ie. sitcoms that have been on multiple years. Its also nice to have them all DVR'd so we dont have to sit through the commercials - DVR FF is great!!
Ive read very little (because I havent looked very hard yet) on devices such as SageTV. Should something like this be what I might look for? I guess I need to get a little smarter on the Sage product and find out what it really is and does.
Discussion/suggestions???