can I install 2 tv tuners in one pc

[icp]

I want to add another tv tuner to my pc that records in better quality than the tuner I currently have but I want to leave the current one in there because it doesn't write to the hard drive when I'm just viewing tv. Is there any problem with doing this? My main concern is how the tuner program I use like BeyondTV or SageTV will know which tv tuner I want to use when I start it up.

 

[Todd33]

You can, but the apps control which are used and recognized. SageTV cannot view without using the HD, but you can use a different app. which two cards?

 

[icp]

I currently have a Pinnacle tv card and I'm thinking about getting the Visiontek Theater 550 Pro. I like the fact that the Pinnacle card and software shows the tv video without writing to the hard drive and compressing the video first, but the Theater 550 card does a lot of processing of the video which I think will make the recorded video much cleaner than the Pinnacle which has a bit of noise in it.

 

[Liver]

quite a few people do have 2 cards, however i am having issues with a single card. usually one for watching TV and the other for recording. I have only read that regarding the wintv mce150pvr series. fwiw.