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Ok, the wife and I are moving into a new house. We're thinking of going with DirecTV for our service. We'll have an HD-DVR in the living room, and standard service in the bedroom and office.
We currently have DishNetwork, with a HD-DVR with 2 tuners. The one box controls the living room and bedroom TVs. Neither the wife nor I watch anything live anymore, and we like to be able to record something and then watch on either TV.
The HD-DVR offered by DirecTV does not allow this, so I'm trying to come up with a solution. Please let me know if this sounds feasible:
From the dish/LNB there will be 3 feeds: 1- living room, 2- bedroom, and 3- office. Each feed will be sent directly to the respective receiver.
Receiver 1 will be attached to the TV using either component or HDMI hookups. Additionally, I will take the feed out of receiver 1 using coax. Feed 1 will be split using a diplexer and sent to rooms 2 and 3.
In rooms 2 and 3, the feed out of the receivers will also be split using a diplexer. In room 2, the diplexed feed from receiver 2 will be merged with the feed from receiver 1 using a switch, and then passed to TV 2. The same will occur with TV 3.
TV 1 will take the feeds from TVs 2 and 3 and join them with a switch as well, and plug into the coax feed of TV1.
What I hope to accomplish is this: The HD-DVR in the living room will record our programs. If the wife is in the office and wants to watch a recorded show, she hits the switch on TV3 to the TV1 feed, and the switch on TV1 to the TV 3 feed. If she wants to watch in the bedroom, she does the same thing with TVs 1 and 2. If she watches on TV 1, she just sets the input on the TV to Component or HDMI instead of Video Input. This way, the DVR should be viewable from any TV and if someone is watching the DVR, all TVs will still function.
I do understand that this is contingent upon the remotes being RF and not IR remotes. I also understand that when TV1 feed is switched to TV 2 or 3 that the HD-DVR will not be available on TV1.
I tried to draw a diagram, but I don't have a handy site to host it. I'm going to be in the attic anyway pulling internet cable (CAT5e). I guess my main concern is that the diplexers and switches may degrade the signal too much.
We currently have DishNetwork, with a HD-DVR with 2 tuners. The one box controls the living room and bedroom TVs. Neither the wife nor I watch anything live anymore, and we like to be able to record something and then watch on either TV.
The HD-DVR offered by DirecTV does not allow this, so I'm trying to come up with a solution. Please let me know if this sounds feasible:
From the dish/LNB there will be 3 feeds: 1- living room, 2- bedroom, and 3- office. Each feed will be sent directly to the respective receiver.
Receiver 1 will be attached to the TV using either component or HDMI hookups. Additionally, I will take the feed out of receiver 1 using coax. Feed 1 will be split using a diplexer and sent to rooms 2 and 3.
In rooms 2 and 3, the feed out of the receivers will also be split using a diplexer. In room 2, the diplexed feed from receiver 2 will be merged with the feed from receiver 1 using a switch, and then passed to TV 2. The same will occur with TV 3.
TV 1 will take the feeds from TVs 2 and 3 and join them with a switch as well, and plug into the coax feed of TV1.
What I hope to accomplish is this: The HD-DVR in the living room will record our programs. If the wife is in the office and wants to watch a recorded show, she hits the switch on TV3 to the TV1 feed, and the switch on TV1 to the TV 3 feed. If she wants to watch in the bedroom, she does the same thing with TVs 1 and 2. If she watches on TV 1, she just sets the input on the TV to Component or HDMI instead of Video Input. This way, the DVR should be viewable from any TV and if someone is watching the DVR, all TVs will still function.
I do understand that this is contingent upon the remotes being RF and not IR remotes. I also understand that when TV1 feed is switched to TV 2 or 3 that the HD-DVR will not be available on TV1.
I tried to draw a diagram, but I don't have a handy site to host it. I'm going to be in the attic anyway pulling internet cable (CAT5e). I guess my main concern is that the diplexers and switches may degrade the signal too much.
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