Hey all
Just registered today, but have been reading through hundreds of posts for the last month and set up a test system with an old box and a 1600 (which I'll be using as a client, now).
I've decided to build a server/client system and have ordered all of the parts to my main box except for the tuner cards. The plan is to run some sort of dual card setup with either two 1800s or one 1800 and one 1600 (depending upon client/server question later). I use Time Warner and will have 2 ClearQAM, 1 analog cable and 1 analog from STB connection. I have a couple of questions that I couldn't find answers to, though, before I go ahead and buy the tuners:
Server/Client setup: Is it better (for live TV on the client) to set up the 'client' as a client in gbpvr or to simply set up the 'client' as a normal pvr with a tuner card and point the directories to my server (I'm assuming that if I did this my machines wouldn't know recordings from the other machine even if they were all in the same directory)? Or... is it possible to set up as intended and just put a tuner card in the client machine? EDIT - I'm asking this because I've read that live tv on the client can be pretty bad at times.
Tuner cards/ir blaster/remote: I will either end up with two 1800s or one 1600 and one 1800. The 1800 is a MCE and will have the STB plugged into it and will be the only place (1800 analog) that I will need an ir blaster. I do not have an ir blaster or remote for the 1800, but I do have both for the 1600. Will the remote and ir blaster, if plugged into the 1600, work for the 1800 in gbpvr? If not and I buy a usb pinnacle remote with ir blaster, will that work for the 1800 analog only or will it change the STB channel every time that I change a channel on gbpvr?
Thanks both in advance and for all of the help that you have given me already in my setup just by reading through all the posts here.
Just registered today, but have been reading through hundreds of posts for the last month and set up a test system with an old box and a 1600 (which I'll be using as a client, now).
I've decided to build a server/client system and have ordered all of the parts to my main box except for the tuner cards. The plan is to run some sort of dual card setup with either two 1800s or one 1800 and one 1600 (depending upon client/server question later). I use Time Warner and will have 2 ClearQAM, 1 analog cable and 1 analog from STB connection. I have a couple of questions that I couldn't find answers to, though, before I go ahead and buy the tuners:
Server/Client setup: Is it better (for live TV on the client) to set up the 'client' as a client in gbpvr or to simply set up the 'client' as a normal pvr with a tuner card and point the directories to my server (I'm assuming that if I did this my machines wouldn't know recordings from the other machine even if they were all in the same directory)? Or... is it possible to set up as intended and just put a tuner card in the client machine? EDIT - I'm asking this because I've read that live tv on the client can be pretty bad at times.
Tuner cards/ir blaster/remote: I will either end up with two 1800s or one 1600 and one 1800. The 1800 is a MCE and will have the STB plugged into it and will be the only place (1800 analog) that I will need an ir blaster. I do not have an ir blaster or remote for the 1800, but I do have both for the 1600. Will the remote and ir blaster, if plugged into the 1600, work for the 1800 in gbpvr? If not and I buy a usb pinnacle remote with ir blaster, will that work for the 1800 analog only or will it change the STB channel every time that I change a channel on gbpvr?
Thanks both in advance and for all of the help that you have given me already in my setup just by reading through all the posts here.