Will this setup work?

[BennyHS]

Hi there, trying to set up my first pvr. i will run you through my plans and you guys let me know if their is a better/cheaper way to set this up.

I have a AMD 2000XP with a Hauppage PVR 250

As a student i am somewhat on a budget

i wish to connect my PC upstairs to the NTL Cable TV downstairs and access the PVR features from the downstairs TV.


I plan to do this by connecting a DigiSender (from argos) via scart the NTL cable box downstair. this will send the signal upstairs to another Digisender by the computer which will then connect to my PVR Card (although i will have to convert the scart to svideo). The Computer is running GBPVR and the output is transmitted via the network to a MediaMVP by the TV.

The transmitter also allows IR signals to be transmitted and as it is a moden Samsung STB i asume i will only need an IR blaster upstairs by the computer.

Will this work?
Is there an easier or cheaper way?

Any Advice?

Many thanks.

[betlit]

I plan to do this by connecting a DigiSender (from argos) via scart the NTL cable box downstair. this will send the signal upstairs to another Digisender by the computer which will then connect to my PVR Card (although i will have to convert the scart to svideo). The Computer is running GBPVR and the output is transmitted via the network to a MediaMVP by the TV.
The transmitter also allows IR signals to be transmitted and as it is a moden Samsung STB i asume i will only need an IR blaster upstairs by the computer.

the only problem i see that _MAY_ occur is if you are using WLAN. these transmitter/receivers operate at a frequency of 2.4gHz - the same frequency as WLAN.
i used to have trasmitters like this (for another project, not pvr related) and as soon as the transmitter was switched on, all WLAN-devices lost connection or (depending on seleected channel) interfered with the video signal.

a cheaper way may be to set an 'antique' compy as a PVR-only compy. i'm using a Pentium III 800 mHz (a bit overclocked) and i do not have any performance issues... even if i record two shows and watch a third at the same time.

[BennyHS]

thanks for your advice...i will keep you updated on how it goes.....

actually, just ran into my first problem...MVP wont connect to my computer, but more about that at

http://gbpvr.titaniumsoft.net/.forums.ne...#post59646