First off, i appologise for the long post, but i want to make sure i give you all the information i know!
my parents are moving house, and want to have a fully digital media library. what is needed is a central server, that stores all the movies, tv shows and music. then each tv needs some kind of device to be able to browse and play this media. currently there are 4 tv's. in addition to this, there needs to be hi-fi systems that can access and play music from the server. there will be 3 hifi systems.
there will also be a sky tv feed to the main tv and one other tv, and the main tv will most likely have sky+HD, and the other just standard sky (this may change to freesat+HD). each tv will have a freeview feed.
now the house is being build from scratch, but they want to have any cables etc. in place and ready. the TVs will probably be wall mounted, with the cables inside a channel in the wall. ideally the less boxes/cables/remotes the better!
now the equipment i have reccommended is to have a small rack in the loft, which contains the server, modem and a 1gbps switch, then all the cables (possibly shielded cat5e or cat6) run to the required locations. what i would like is to have 1 box that does everything tv wise, then a seperate hifi system that can play music (philips stremium range is the only thing i have found). the tv feed i have looked at getting exterity iptv, or having a small pc with a tv tuner.
the pc its self will probably be custom built (unless ther is a pre-made solution i like) but i am not sure of the software needed to enable this setup to work.
to sum up, there needs to be the following in the house:
1 large (42"+) tv, with sky+HD (or equivilant), Wii, freeview, 5.1 surround sound and server access
1 large (42"+) tv, with sky+HD (or equivilant), freeview and server access
2 smaller (20"-26") tvs with freeview and server access
3 hifi systems with server access
2x laptops with server access
1x ipad2 with server access
1x server with minimum 2tb storage
note: when i say server access, i mean ability to play music/video
there is some existing equipment which may get re-used: 2x 20" LCD TVs (one toshiba, 1 LG) with wall mount brackets. 1x hitachi 42" plasma with wall mount bracket, 1x 42" LG LCD with wall mount bracket, 1x acoustic solutions 5.1 surround sound speakers on wall mount brackets and amp set, 1x teac 2.1 CD micro hifi system with ceiling speakers and sub. I have said it is better to buy new equipment and sell some of this kit.
remote access via the internet isnt needed, but there needs to be a way of converting dvds and cds to digital copies on the server.
basiclly i need advice on all aspects of the build. i have a rough idea of what i want, but need to know if there is anything i should/shouldn't do, anything i have missed, anything that wont be possible, any software/hardware i might need and anything else i might need to know
my parents are moving house, and want to have a fully digital media library. what is needed is a central server, that stores all the movies, tv shows and music. then each tv needs some kind of device to be able to browse and play this media. currently there are 4 tv's. in addition to this, there needs to be hi-fi systems that can access and play music from the server. there will be 3 hifi systems.
there will also be a sky tv feed to the main tv and one other tv, and the main tv will most likely have sky+HD, and the other just standard sky (this may change to freesat+HD). each tv will have a freeview feed.
now the house is being build from scratch, but they want to have any cables etc. in place and ready. the TVs will probably be wall mounted, with the cables inside a channel in the wall. ideally the less boxes/cables/remotes the better!
now the equipment i have reccommended is to have a small rack in the loft, which contains the server, modem and a 1gbps switch, then all the cables (possibly shielded cat5e or cat6) run to the required locations. what i would like is to have 1 box that does everything tv wise, then a seperate hifi system that can play music (philips stremium range is the only thing i have found). the tv feed i have looked at getting exterity iptv, or having a small pc with a tv tuner.
the pc its self will probably be custom built (unless ther is a pre-made solution i like) but i am not sure of the software needed to enable this setup to work.
to sum up, there needs to be the following in the house:
1 large (42"+) tv, with sky+HD (or equivilant), Wii, freeview, 5.1 surround sound and server access
1 large (42"+) tv, with sky+HD (or equivilant), freeview and server access
2 smaller (20"-26") tvs with freeview and server access
3 hifi systems with server access
2x laptops with server access
1x ipad2 with server access
1x server with minimum 2tb storage
note: when i say server access, i mean ability to play music/video
there is some existing equipment which may get re-used: 2x 20" LCD TVs (one toshiba, 1 LG) with wall mount brackets. 1x hitachi 42" plasma with wall mount bracket, 1x 42" LG LCD with wall mount bracket, 1x acoustic solutions 5.1 surround sound speakers on wall mount brackets and amp set, 1x teac 2.1 CD micro hifi system with ceiling speakers and sub. I have said it is better to buy new equipment and sell some of this kit.
remote access via the internet isnt needed, but there needs to be a way of converting dvds and cds to digital copies on the server.
basiclly i need advice on all aspects of the build. i have a rough idea of what i want, but need to know if there is anything i should/shouldn't do, anything i have missed, anything that wont be possible, any software/hardware i might need and anything else i might need to know