best way to share DVR contect across 2-3 TV's?

[DarkManX]

i cant live without DVR but i hate having it attached to only 1 TV in the house, currently its on my living room TV, i want to also be able to watch it in my bedroom and basement tv. I know i can get 3 DVR boxes but than i have to set each one to record the same stuff, which is kinda stupid. Another option would be 3 HTPC's that are networked? but that seems like overkill. is there any easier alternatives?

 

[isekii]

I would like to know as well.
I have Dish DVR

 

[loup garou]

MCE PC + extra tuners + extender boxes.

 

[DarkManX]

Originally posted by: werk
MCE PC + extra tuners + extender boxes.

tell me more

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: DarkManX

Originally posted by: werk
MCE PC + extra tuners + extender boxes.

tell me more

with all that work, you might as well just purchase a dual tuner DVR/PVR

 

[DarkManX]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: DarkManX

Originally posted by: werk
MCE PC + extra tuners + extender boxes.

tell me more

with all that work, you might as well just purchase a dual tuner DVR/PVR

how do the new dish network dual tunner boxes work? do u run a set of cables to each tv?

 

[DarkManX]

bump

 

[AnonymouseUser]

MythTV will allow you to record on one box and watch on any connected client (clients don't need a tuner or even a hard drive with KnoppMyth). I use it for regular TV and for watching on my PC. It is a DIY project, though, but works quite well on supported hardware.

MythTV
KnoppMyth

 

[Paulson]

If you've got a directv Tivo you can hack them and network them! (That's what I've done)

We can share it between both our TiVo's...

 

[Dunbar]

Diego is coming out with the Moxi 9022 next year that can handle up to 4 TV's. your cable company would need to offer Moxi (read., not Comcast.)

 

[vshah]

modded xboxs ftw

 

[emmpee]

Series 2 Tivos (not Directv ones, but standalone Tivos) can share recordings across a network.

 

[DarkManX]

Originally posted by: Paulson
If you've got a directv Tivo you can hack them and network them! (That's what I've done)

We can share it between both our TiVo's...

can u tell me which models?

 

[zainali]

cheapest option might be modded xboxes

 

[quakefiend420]

so long as you have a reciever you can run the output via RCA cables to other televisions...granted it's not gonna work for hdtv and stuff, but for causal viewing it will be fine

 

[ShadowBlade]

what I do for splitting video is take my A/V switch and run it backwards, then press all the buttons i need

 

[Bootprint]

Any one ever try using notch filters and transmitting the signal back down the cable to the other tvs?

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[WTT0001]

Dual Tuner Dish DVR (522 or 625) will do 2+ easily if you run the TV2 output into a splitter and then to the other locations, the other benefit is that the TV2 remote is RF so you can use it in any one of the other rooms

Any ??? LMK

WTT (DTV/Dish/Wildblue/Dway installer)

 

[DarkManX]

i dunno about dishnetwork anymore, the networkable directv sounds alot better, even though i have been useing a dish PVR510 for like the past 3 years