I'm in the process of developing a structured wiring scheme for my new home. I would like to be able to watch/record/pause etc TV in the bedrooms (6) and media room, and to receive music/radio in all rooms (15), including a number of outbuildings (4).
I would like the bedrooms and media room to be able to watch TV channels independently i.e. not the same TV channel in every room. I would also like each room to be able to access Ripped DVDs from the home server. I would like TV recorded in one room to be available to watch in any room.
I would like to be able to control the TV/Radio/Music source from each room, maybe with a wireless/wired touch screen pad.
Ideally, I would like a common interface e.g. WMC.
I have a home server (HP Proliant N40L) with WHS 2011 installed, and a number of local and remote desktops and laptops that currently access the server. I plan to run between 2 and 4 Cat6 cables to each room, maybe more in the media room.
My questions relate to the hardware requried to achieve this. Clearly I will need multiple tuners to deliver tv chennels to each room if I want each room to be able to watch and record independently of the other. Will there be limitations to recording from multiple tuners onto a server at the same time? Does anyone know of hand held touchsreen controllers that could be located in each room and communciate wirelessly (supporting WMC or similar)? If i use something like HDHomerun, can I stream from the server to a TV - is this the best way to do it? Has anyone undertaken a similar project - I'd be grateful if you could share your experiences or any advice.
Cheers
I would like the bedrooms and media room to be able to watch TV channels independently i.e. not the same TV channel in every room. I would also like each room to be able to access Ripped DVDs from the home server. I would like TV recorded in one room to be available to watch in any room.
I would like to be able to control the TV/Radio/Music source from each room, maybe with a wireless/wired touch screen pad.
Ideally, I would like a common interface e.g. WMC.
I have a home server (HP Proliant N40L) with WHS 2011 installed, and a number of local and remote desktops and laptops that currently access the server. I plan to run between 2 and 4 Cat6 cables to each room, maybe more in the media room.
My questions relate to the hardware requried to achieve this. Clearly I will need multiple tuners to deliver tv chennels to each room if I want each room to be able to watch and record independently of the other. Will there be limitations to recording from multiple tuners onto a server at the same time? Does anyone know of hand held touchsreen controllers that could be located in each room and communciate wirelessly (supporting WMC or similar)? If i use something like HDHomerun, can I stream from the server to a TV - is this the best way to do it? Has anyone undertaken a similar project - I'd be grateful if you could share your experiences or any advice.
Cheers