Sky+ box connection?

Question

Will a sky+ digibox work with only one satellite input? Obviously you need two in order to watch one programme and record another, but will it offer a one-channel watch/record if there is only one input, or will it not work at all?

Answer 1

you would only be able to record and rewind on the channel you are on at the time.

Answer 2

A sky+ box does not need multiple inputs.

All the channels are there all the time.  The recording part of a Sky+ box has it's own receiver so that it can record whatever you ask it.

From your reasoning, all digital receiver / recorders would suffer this problem but I've got a freeview HDD recorder and I can assure you it's only got one input.