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<blockquote data-quote="Zappza" data-source="post: 658656" data-attributes="member: 27628">According to this test (<a href="http://www.klikk.no/teknologi/lydogbilde/article321208.ece" target="_blank">Test av Grundig DTR 8860 - God opptaksboks for RiksTV - Lyd og Bilde - klikk.no</a>), you cannot watch and record two different channels at the same time with the Grundig DTR-8860, which is the best Grundig has to offer.The Intek HDPV-T12CX does have two tuners, which makes it possible to watch and record two different channels at the same time, this does how ever cost 3000NOK. The Sagem DTR 94250 does also have dual tuners and costs 4400NOK. In other words, it is much cheaper to buy two seperate tuners for your PC, and since RiksTV changed their billing plan a week ago, there is no additional subscription cost in having two program cards instead of just one. The reason as to why you can't use one TV-card with two tuners is pretty simple. There doesn't exist any dual-tuner DVB-T cards with a CI module. Hauppauge does have a dual tuner DVB-T card, and a CI module, but the CI module can only decrypt one channel at the time, so you are back to where we started. If you buy two Mystique DVB-T tuners with two CI modules, it totals to 155EUR, or just above 1200NOK included shipping from dvbshop.net. You also need to buy two CAM modules, which cost just over 600NOK in RiksTVs webshop. Assuming you get one for free when you subscribe the total is 1800NOK. This is really dirt cheap compared to the 3000NOK you have to pay for the Dual-Tuner PVR boxes. When you also get a far superior PVR solution, it's a nobrainer really.But hey, it's up to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zappza, post: 658656, member: 27628"] According to this test ([url=http://www.klikk.no/teknologi/lydogbilde/article321208.ece]Test av Grundig DTR 8860 - God opptaksboks for RiksTV - Lyd og Bilde - klikk.no[/url]), you cannot watch and record two different channels at the same time with the Grundig DTR-8860, which is the best Grundig has to offer. The Intek HDPV-T12CX does have two tuners, which makes it possible to watch and record two different channels at the same time, this does how ever cost 3000NOK. The Sagem DTR 94250 does also have dual tuners and costs 4400NOK. In other words, it is much cheaper to buy two seperate tuners for your PC, and since RiksTV changed their billing plan a week ago, there is no additional subscription cost in having two program cards instead of just one. The reason as to why you can't use one TV-card with two tuners is pretty simple. There doesn't exist any dual-tuner DVB-T cards with a CI module. Hauppauge does have a dual tuner DVB-T card, and a CI module, but the CI module can only decrypt one channel at the time, so you are back to where we started. If you buy two Mystique DVB-T tuners with two CI modules, it totals to 155EUR, or just above 1200NOK included shipping from dvbshop.net. You also need to buy two CAM modules, which cost just over 600NOK in RiksTVs webshop. Assuming you get one for free when you subscribe the total is 1800NOK. This is really dirt cheap compared to the 3000NOK you have to pay for the Dual-Tuner PVR boxes. When you also get a far superior PVR solution, it's a nobrainer really. But hey, it's up to you. [/QUOTE]

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