RCN plus digital cable box equals annoyance

[readsalot]

I have a dual-tuner TiVo box, and since I didn't need a cable box with RCN's basic cable, I had all the channels I wanted, and could record two shows at a time.

Starting on Dec. 15, we have to use a digital converter box to get RCN channels. I tried the setup for the first time yesterday, and failed because I hadn't done the extra wiring necessary. (I just used one extra cable to do wall-to-cable-box-to-TiVo instead of wall-to-TiVo.)

Looking at various diagrams and the forums on the TiVo site, it looks like I won't be able to use the second tuner after the 15th, because one TiVo can't control two converter boxes.

Am I right? What's everyone else doing? I can probably manage without a second tuner, but this is kind of irritating.

Comments

[twe.livejournal.com]

Comcast has never erased all my shows. The interface is just more cumbersome than the Tivo one (or the Replay TV interface). I haven't run into a capacity issue with my generic Comcast DVR, except once when the old one got confused somehow by a marathon when I was out of town for a week and somehow recorded a bunch of 10-20 hour long Simpsons episodes.

Remind me tomorrow when you're here and you can play around with mine to see what you think of it. I initially chose this over buying a Tivo simply because it cost me less to change my mind, since I didn't have the cost of purchasing the box.