Hello,
Can anyone tell me if there are any two tuner receivers on the market?
I want to be able to record a show on one channel and watch a different show on another.
Is this possible?
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Hello,
Can anyone tell me if there are any two tuner receivers on the market?
I want to be able to record a show on one channel and watch a different show on another.
Is this possible?
Just google twin tuner satellite receiver. Keep in mind that most will be strictly for true fta.
After doing some searching online all the dual tuner STB seem to be for use overseas. I don't see any brands that are supported on this site. Does anyone know of a dual tuner STB that can be used for North American IKS?
The only one I know of is a modified dual tuner Dish Network IRD using fsec. I don't know of any dual tuner FTA boxes.
Most newer HDTV's have 2 or more HDMI inputs, if yours does then just buy a second receiver* (and IKS service for it) and use the TV's remote to switch between the two receivers.
*You may have to modify your satellite hardware setup to handle a second receiver.
Most shows can be downloaded from the net, maybe a hard drive and a media player would be in your best interest. Just say'in.
Jynxbox ultra hd v2-v3. if you can get your hands on an original one
I believe you can find some boxes with ATSC tuner as well as FTA tuner. Some FTA boxes marketed for South Am have double FTA tuners--typically you use one for recording while you watch something else, but you might just need multiple dishes for that and odds are two boxes would be cheaper and have more flexibility than one double tuner system.
Sonicview 360 Elite. SD only though, and requires ihub (or whatever it's called now) if you want to do iks.
It will not work on iks.Receiver only gets code words for 1 tuner not both.Quote:
Originally Posted by fn59
Jynxbox Ultra hd v2 or v3 is the best dual tuner receiver right now. Dreamlink t5 is not dual tuner, as far as I'm aware
Not the type of dual tuner the op was wanting.Quote:
Originally Posted by uppadharmai
Over here, this side of the pond, people are using different receivers with 2-3-4, and even 5 tuners (#5 is usually USB dondle). Those receivers can be successfully used for FTA and payed services. I personally have (more than 5 years) Dreambox 8000 with 3 SAT tuners and one terrestrial, GigaBlue Quad with 2 SAt tuners and one terrestrial, and my last purchase is GigaBlue Quad Plus with 3 Sat tuners and 1 terrestrial.
I do not believe that something like this could not be shipped to USA.
Shipping over the pond is not a problem. Tubo fec encryption is the problem for HD. Can Gigablue receive turbofec encrypted channels?Quote:
Originally Posted by RimaNTSS
not exactly what your looking for but with some receivers you can record a channel and watch another channel provided it is on the same tp as the channel being recorded, the jynx is able to do this and am sure some other receivers may be able to as well
I am not sure what turbofec encrypted really mean, but if some receivers can crack it than Dreamboxes and GigaBlues will do that as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ro_54
However, topicstarter asked:
This could be easily done by any mentioned by me receivers. They can do even more than asked, for example Watch one channel, simultaneously record another two and stream another one to local network.Quote:
Originally Posted by coutorouto
"Turbo FEC" is a secial Forward Error Correction code used by Dish and BEV (and a few others) to help pack more error free data into the down link signal from the HD transponders, (helps get more HD channels on one HD transponder) it is a proprietary code used by very few satellite signal providers.
To receive standard HD signals (like those from the linear satellites) you do not need an HD modual with the turbo FEC, any standard HD FTA receiver can do this just fine.
However to recive the signals from Dish and the others that use turbo FEC you will need the special tuner, this tuner module CAN NOT be installed by the factory and directly imported into the US or Canada, customs would seize the shipment and destroy it, as Dish and BEV do not use FTA receivers to decrypt their signals, only their receivers are legally allowed to do this.
This is why the tuner is only offered as a option to be installed by the user.