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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 819878" data-attributes="member: 109222">AW: HELP A NOOB: build his Media Center!!Hi and Welcome. To help you find your perfect Media Center we need some further information. What kind of TV Signal do you use (Satellite, Cable, IPTV,...)?Do you want your Data stored on a centralized Server somewhere in Basement, Roof,...?How much persons (kids?) are using Media Center at once (maximum number)?Do you want to record lots of TV shows or prefer looking downloaded stuff? Some hints to look after. WLan is not fast enough for HDTV streaming. This will end up in lots of stutter. So you need to put GBit network cable to all rooms MediaPortal should be used in full glory. You can use MP on your Vaio and/or Smartphone via WLan but mainly SDTV. The first decision to make is where to put the TV Server. Possible solutions are the Main HTPC in Room 1 or the centralized Server somewhere in Basement... With Media Portal you only need to connect one TV Server to your TV Signal to watch TV on every PC all over your Network. No Need for TV Card(s) on other Computers.If we know those basics we can help you to find your personal solution...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 819878, member: 109222"] [b]AW: HELP A NOOB: build his Media Center!![/b] Hi and Welcome. To help you find your perfect Media Center we need some further information. What kind of TV Signal do you use (Satellite, Cable, IPTV,...)? Do you want your Data stored on a centralized Server somewhere in Basement, Roof,...? How much persons (kids?) are using Media Center at once (maximum number)? Do you want to record lots of TV shows or prefer looking downloaded stuff? Some hints to look after. WLan is not fast enough for HDTV streaming. This will end up in lots of stutter. So you need to put GBit network cable to all rooms MediaPortal should be used in full glory. You can use MP on your Vaio and/or Smartphone via WLan but mainly SDTV. The first decision to make is where to put the TV Server. Possible solutions are the Main HTPC in Room 1 or the centralized Server somewhere in Basement... With Media Portal you only need to connect one TV Server to your TV Signal to watch TV on every PC all over your Network. No Need for TV Card(s) on other Computers. If we know those basics we can help you to find your personal solution... [/QUOTE]

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