At 3:27 PM -0500 11/17/04, Mark Schubin wrote: >Cliff Benham wrote: > >>I meant in the TV. The newer settops like the S/A 8000 have two tuners >>so you can 'TiVo' one channel and watch another. >> >But the thread was about augmenting an analog TV with a set-top box. > I'd like to know how that augmentation allows picture-in-picture and >watch-something-else-while-recording. Simple. The external box must integrate all of the desired functions/tuners/etc. OR it must have additional inputs to integrate other legacy devices. There is no problem with building a STB with two tuners, PIP and a PVR, all of which use the single connection to the display. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.