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I use JRMC along with the SageTV pluggin

i know there are many diff options for this but it all confuses me so any suggestions is much appreciated to accomplish my spimplistic goal. I have a yamaha htr 6030 in my den. I want to be able to stream from it and also from my pc music library to multiple rooms. I am just having a hard...

the reason i even asked was what they installed in my house was not qs either when it was done. I did not know one from the other but reading these forums made me ask.

I am not sure if this is the place to post this, if not may a mod please put it in the correct forum. what are the recommendations for using the quad shield rg6 cable? I have read numerous forums and discussions on it. It seems the norm is to use it for satellite tv and especially for high...

Thanks for the input guys. What i would actually like to do is take my hddvr stb and connect to my pc, since it has two inputs and only one out, then i would of course only get the use of one. I would also like to be able ot connect both my other stb's to the pc to record from as well. I had...

i have an hp media center with a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 card. question is can I connect to both the analog and digital inputs and record from both at the same time. Second, since all broadcasting is going digital does this make the analog input kinda useless? I have directv with one hd...

Thanks for the replies

so basically it is just appearances mostly or just personal preference? there is no "mechanical" so to say reason for one verses the other.. price, cooling, etc?

What are the advantages / disadvantages of bulding a rack mount server vs a desktop case server?

Thanks for the quick reply. I was actually planning on using my current pc for now instead of buying more hardware. I have 640gig of hd space so I can put a fw things there. Is this not a practical storage solution just to get started with?

Hi guys, I have been reading threads here and at the avs site, it seems the more I read the more I get confused. This may be a bit off topic but I hope not. I would like to do some HA at my house. I see some that have what appear to be simple systems and then there are those with multiple...