Locals on Antenna can Tivo record?

[OkieBill]

I will be getting the Sony SVR3000 hooked up Tuesday. This is the DirectTV/with Tivo and has two receivers. I have an antenna for the local channels. Can Tivo record my local channels when the source is not from the satellite? :confused:

[TimL]

From what I have heard..No but there are others that might give you a more complete answer

Tim Lones

[scooper]

If you want to record your OTA channels, you need to get a Standalone Tivo. The DirecTivo's have no mpeg encoder built into them - all they can record is what comes in via satellite.

[Mike500]

I don't know about the SVR3000, but I've had the SVR2000 for two years now. It is a stand alone Tivo with an off air tuner, so I've never had any problem with receiving both the satellite input and the ota antenna input.

Hope this helps.

[LarryS]

I believe the SVR3000 is the second gen standalone tivo, the SAT-T60 is the first gen DirecTivo. The SVR3000 would be able to record ota but the T60 would not.

[OkieBill]

Thanks Larry. I think I might want to stay with Dish and add the local channels. Thanks again for your help.

[timf]

As has been mentioned, the SVR3000 is a standalone, not a DIRECTV DVR. As a result, it can record any signal (antenna, cable, or satellite), but it can only record one show at a time unlike the combo receivers.