[mythtv-users] multiple TVs from one frontend

Joey Morris rjmorris at nc.rr.com
Mon Sep 27 04:27:20 UTC 2010


"sonofzev at iinet.net.au" <sonofzev at iinet.net.au> wrote on Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:56:38AM +0800:
> 
> On Mon Sep 27 13:43 , Joey Morris  sent:
> 
> >I want to feed Myth to TVs in four rooms of my house. Because I live
> >alone and use just one TV at a time, I'm thinking I can get by with a
> >single frontend box and a four-way HDMI splitter. Two of the TVs will
> >be close enough to the frontend that I could run an HDMI cable
> >directly from the splitter to the TV. The other two would probably
> >need an HDMI-over-Cat5/6 adaptor.
> >
> >Does anyone have experience with this type of setup? Is it doable?
> >What are the pitfalls to watch out for? Would I be better off with a
> >separate frontend box at each TV? Since I don't really need
> >independent control of each TV, I was hoping to avoid the cost and
> >maintenance of four frontends if one is sufficient.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Joey
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> 
> How are you planning to configure your remote or keyboard/mouse setup?
>  

I haven't looked into it too much, but I was hoping I could use either
an RF remote or an IR repeater. I wasn't planning to use a keyboard or
mouse.


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