Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="sjevtic" data-source="post: 1102564" data-attributes="member: 118214">I have three H24 receivers connected via component video and digital audio (using an external S/PDIF to optical converter) to three Colossus cards.&nbsp; I use SchedulesDirect for EPG, and the SHEF IP plugin to control the receivers over Ethernet.&nbsp; I had some issues in the early days as a consequence of trying the much-inferior HD-PVR (Gen1), so I built a dedicated TV-Server machine.&nbsp; I then had some issues my TV-Server machine and some bugs in earlier versions of MP and Colossus drivers, but with that behind me, the configuration has been running great without intervention for well over a year now.&nbsp; The only real issues I have are with the receiver power control feature of the SHEF IP plugin, though you don't have to use that, and of course the fact that component isn't *quite* as good as HDMI, especially if you have a screen size/viewing distance combination that pushes the limit of 1920 x 1080 in the first place (I have 94&quot; viewed at 10').&nbsp; That said, expecting DirecTV to look as good as a Blu-Ray in the first place is a bit much anyway.&nbsp; It looks nothing short of spectacular on a more moderately sized screen or mobile device.I gave up on HDMI during my early experiments because it just worked right.&nbsp; I don't know whether the problems were related to HDCP or immaturity of the Colossus drivers at the time.&nbsp; But once I got it working right and stuffed it all in the cabinet, I never looked back.&nbsp; If you decide to try HDMI, please report back on your results.I think you can &quot;add&quot; Ethernet functionality to later receiver models lacking an Ethernet using the external Cinema Connection Kit, but at least from my perspective that isn't desirable since it is likely to mean adding several large boxes to your TV-Server cabinet.Sasha</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sjevtic, post: 1102564, member: 118214"] I have three H24 receivers connected via component video and digital audio (using an external S/PDIF to optical converter) to three Colossus cards. I use SchedulesDirect for EPG, and the SHEF IP plugin to control the receivers over Ethernet. I had some issues in the early days as a consequence of trying the much-inferior HD-PVR (Gen1), so I built a dedicated TV-Server machine. I then had some issues my TV-Server machine and some bugs in earlier versions of MP and Colossus drivers, but with that behind me, the configuration has been running great without intervention for well over a year now. The only real issues I have are with the receiver power control feature of the SHEF IP plugin, though you don't have to use that, and of course the fact that component isn't *quite* as good as HDMI, especially if you have a screen size/viewing distance combination that pushes the limit of 1920 x 1080 in the first place (I have 94" viewed at 10'). That said, expecting DirecTV to look as good as a Blu-Ray in the first place is a bit much anyway. It looks nothing short of spectacular on a more moderately sized screen or mobile device. I gave up on HDMI during my early experiments because it just worked right. I don't know whether the problems were related to HDCP or immaturity of the Colossus drivers at the time. But once I got it working right and stuffed it all in the cabinet, I never looked back. If you decide to try HDMI, please report back on your results. I think you can "add" Ethernet functionality to later receiver models lacking an Ethernet using the external Cinema Connection Kit, but at least from my perspective that isn't desirable since it is likely to mean adding several large boxes to your TV-Server cabinet. Sasha [/QUOTE]

Verification