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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bacterialbag" data-source="post: 751794" data-attributes="member: 373170">Hey guys,My name is Ben, and i'm from Holland. I really need some advice;(Please forgive me for my bad English, I really try to make myself as understandable as possible!)Me and my parents just moved into a new house, and it is my job to arrange all the tv stuff for my parents.The thing is, that I can only receive sattelite TV at the place we live. We do want 4 rooms to have TV however, so I did some research, and id seemed to me that the best thing to do is to build a TV-server with 4 tuners in it, and hook it up to a quad-lnb sattelite dish, and place a small HTPC next to every television. ( The other option would be putting a standalone HTPC or decoder with every television ). I choose for the server option because I dont have a home server in my network yet, and next to running the TV software, I could also use it for file sharing, small mail server etc. At the moment my network is 1Gbit double duplex, so transmitting speeds will not be the problem.I want to be able to use card-sharing, and receive as much HD-channels as possible. (And as much pay-channels as possible, preferably without paying monthly fee, I heard this is possible with a dreambox, but I imagine that with a PC with tuners in it, I can achieve the same result as the dreambox can?I also want the server to be able to record to other devices in the network, and stream for all 4 televisions at the same time without loss of quality.'I'm really not that experienced in this area, so here are some things I need advise on;What OS should I run on the server? Is it possible to do this with windows Home Server? Or would Linux better suit my needs?How could I obtain the pay-tv? what hardware/software do I need?What kind of tuners would you recommend?What Dish should I use? any recommendations?What should the specs of the server be? does streaming 4 HD channels at the same time require superb hardware? Or is it not that heavy?What about the HTPC's next to the TV's? I want them to be able to play full HD at maximum performance. Do i need a dedicated GPU for that? Or can I get away using onboard-video?.What software do I need? recommendations?Other advise or tips for my project are also welcome! please share you'r thoughts with me! I really appreciate it. This Could also be a really helpfull topic, because i've searched forums for hours, without finding a single topic summing up a project like this. Thanks for your helpBen Smith</blockquote>

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