DirecTIVO confusion

[Spooner]

Do you need two cable lines to hook up a DirecTIVO?

 

[jfall]

i'm pretty sure you need a dual LNB for tivo

 

[loup garou]

Uh...you don't need any cable lines for DirecTivo. No kidding you're confused.

 

[Spooner]

I guess if you want to take advantage of the "watch one channel, record another" feature, you need two lines.....

that sucks in a house that has already tapped out all its lines with 6 tvs

 

[CrazyDe1]

What happens if you buy this thing with a webcertificate balance of 100.00 and never activate?

 

[sillymofo]

In order to take advantage of watching one channel while recording one, your Tivo box has to have two tunners. What that means is that it has to have TWO sat inputs, and if it does, then you would need two lines in. Most of the Tivo nowadays only has one sat input, which means you can only record what you are watching.

 

[monotony]

I highly recommend getting a Two Tuner DVR. You don't know what you are missing until you get one.