Corrosion. Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I've seen alot of videos and tutorials on a building a media center pc... Here's what I want to do. I'd like to setup a dual system that will allow me to have two remotes on two tv's and each tv access its own content, no live video, I will store everything on the hard drive from music, movies, videos, etc...... I know the basics and can setup a media center pc but I cannot figure out how to run this with a dual setup. As far as costs I'd like to keep it around 1-2 hundred dollars, I have a few old pc's laying around I can upgrade on the cheap to make this work, I just need to figure out the dual setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhostbudd Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 The problem is, it is going to cost you 1 - 2 hundred $ for the Tuner cards. Now, you could get away with having a dual tuner card on one computer with media center, and streaming the content of one of the tuners to another computer. That would be a pain though. If you can figure out how to maximize media Center on two monitors then you are in luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion. Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 The problem is, it is going to cost you 1 - 2 hundred $ for the Tuner cards. Now, you could get away with having a dual tuner card on one computer with media center, and streaming the content of one of the tuners to another computer. That would be a pain though. If you can figure out how to maximize media Center on two monitors then you are in luck. So I need either two tuners or two media center pcs connected to a nas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhostbudd Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 If you want complete control over separate screens, then your best bet would be two separate computers. If you can put up with a single tuner card with dual tuners, you could watch shows on two different screens, but remote control would be difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 tuners are cheap! Just pop by newegg and get two usb ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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