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<blockquote data-quote="tfd" data-source="post: 48835" data-attributes="member: 19363">Master/Slave: UPNP &amp; remote control?having a master / slave kinda relationship where the slave is mainly a &quot;dumb&quot; screen type device sounds a lot like a call for a UPNP type solution. The real problem there is how to control the server side (remote control).WIFI enabled remote controls really are no option (price skyhigh) and to date I have not seen any real IR master/slave solution.my desired configuration: central server/database, streaming over 10BaseT network/wifi to clients (being PC or TV). All in all I see 2 main issues: getting the signal to a TV (coax?) in any room where there is one and controlling the server from that room where you're watching a given stream on a TV.A good friend of mine keeps telling me that I should consider x-boxes at the slaves ... (price is relatively low and they can be wifi-enabled) but putting it all together is still no good until I have a solution for the remote control issue ... suggestions ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tfd, post: 48835, member: 19363"] [b]Master/Slave: UPNP & remote control?[/b] having a master / slave kinda relationship where the slave is mainly a "dumb" screen type device sounds a lot like a call for a UPNP type solution. The real problem there is how to control the server side (remote control). WIFI enabled remote controls really are no option (price skyhigh) and to date I have not seen any real IR master/slave solution. my desired configuration: central server/database, streaming over 10BaseT network/wifi to clients (being PC or TV). All in all I see 2 main issues: getting the signal to a TV (coax?) in any room where there is one and controlling the server from that room where you're watching a given stream on a TV. A good friend of mine keeps telling me that I should consider x-boxes at the slaves ... (price is relatively low and they can be wifi-enabled) but putting it all together is still no good until I have a solution for the remote control issue ... suggestions ? [/QUOTE]

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