Dual TV Tuner cards or 2 STB boxes and 1 tuner card

rlmadia

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Hello, I have MCE7 and windows 7. I have a Pinnacle 800i TV tuner card which receives QAM. Everything works great, but I wanted to get the option to watch a channel while recording another. I was hoping to downgrade my DVR to just a standard box if I can record my shows on my PC.

Do I need to get another tuner card? And if so do I need another STB box or can I split the signal?
 

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yes two tuner cards, or one with dual tuners
 

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