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<blockquote data-quote="moab" data-source="post: 425891" data-attributes="member: 73157">If you don't mind seeing the same thing on all the TVs then you could use the same system (standa alone TV server PC with MP client) and install 8 video cards (or 4 dual cards). Then relay the picture to each TV over a wireless VGA adapter. (Perhaps you can have 1 VGA card -&gt; 1 Wireless VGA transmitter -&gt; 8 wireless VGA Receivers -&gt; 8 TVs. You could have a hybrid. Say 2 MP client PCs each going to 4 PCs. However if you have 8 family members all wanting different independent MP clients then this would require 8 PCs. There are management tools to maintain PCs remotely e.g. KACE (usually for 100+ PCs). This would be overkill and pricey but perhaps you are rich. A poor mans option would be to use Ghost or other software and clone the PCs. The ideal option would be to have 8 VMWARE virtual clients connecting to a central VMWARE server. VMWARE is free (or at least it was). The catch is that I don't know what max screen resolution can be passed. It would put a huge video processing demand on the server. Might have bandwidth issues if all 8 PCs watch 8 HD channels concurrently. You can achieve &gt;1GB network speeds on the server by using teamed network cards or drop $$$ on 10GB NICs and switches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moab, post: 425891, member: 73157"] If you don't mind seeing the same thing on all the TVs then you could use the same system (standa alone TV server PC with MP client) and install 8 video cards (or 4 dual cards). Then relay the picture to each TV over a wireless VGA adapter. (Perhaps you can have 1 VGA card -> 1 Wireless VGA transmitter -> 8 wireless VGA Receivers -> 8 TVs. You could have a hybrid. Say 2 MP client PCs each going to 4 PCs. However if you have 8 family members all wanting different independent MP clients then this would require 8 PCs. There are management tools to maintain PCs remotely e.g. KACE (usually for 100+ PCs). This would be overkill and pricey but perhaps you are rich. A poor mans option would be to use Ghost or other software and clone the PCs. The ideal option would be to have 8 VMWARE virtual clients connecting to a central VMWARE server. VMWARE is free (or at least it was). The catch is that I don't know what max screen resolution can be passed. It would put a huge video processing demand on the server. Might have bandwidth issues if all 8 PCs watch 8 HD channels concurrently. You can achieve >1GB network speeds on the server by using teamed network cards or drop $$$ on 10GB NICs and switches. [/QUOTE]

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