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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 828982" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi againIt depends. With WMC and some other software the answer is an absolute yes. With MP the answer is a maybe - it depends on the channels. With digital TV multiple channels are multiplexed (mixed together) on each frequency. MP allows you to use a single tuner to view/record all channels on a given frequency. That means if the channels that you wanted to watch/record were on the same frequency then you could do it with one tuner in MP. The next question that many people ask is &quot;how can I tell if channels are on the same frequency?&quot;. The answer is that you can check the tuning details for each of your channels. That is quite tedious though - a local channel lineup might give you the same information at a glance. Broadly speaking channels from the same provider tend to be on the same frequency. In other words, the channels from BBC would be on one frequency and the channels from ITV would be on another etc. If you wanted to record a BBC channel at the same time as another BBC channel you could, but BBC + ITV would require two tuners.mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 828982, member: 82144"] Hi again It depends. With WMC and some other software the answer is an absolute yes. With MP the answer is a maybe - it depends on the channels. With digital TV multiple channels are multiplexed (mixed together) on each frequency. MP allows you to use a single tuner to view/record all channels on a given frequency. That means if the channels that you wanted to watch/record were on the same frequency then you could do it with one tuner in MP. The next question that many people ask is "how can I tell if channels are on the same frequency?". The answer is that you can check the tuning details for each of your channels. That is quite tedious though - a local channel lineup might give you the same information at a glance. Broadly speaking channels from the same provider tend to be on the same frequency. In other words, the channels from BBC would be on one frequency and the channels from ITV would be on another etc. If you wanted to record a BBC channel at the same time as another BBC channel you could, but BBC + ITV would require two tuners. mm [/QUOTE]

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