[mythtv-users] Distributing MythTV playback to multiple locations.

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 13 October 2003 06:48 pm, Sean, Sharon and Kyle Harbour wrote:
>   It occurs to me that 3 tv antennaes and an old vcr will let me
> broadcast to separate tvs with no extra wiring. The rca output from
> the tvout on the video card in the mythtv box goes to a VCR. A common
> tv rabbit ear antennae goes on the output of the VCR. Another pair of
> rabbit ears goes into the alternate input of the other TVs located
> around the house. To watch MythTV, you simply choose the alternate
> input on the tv remote control and tune in channel 3 (or 4, depending
> on interference). For remote control, a small laptop with 802.11b,
> although a little clunky, would do until a better way using remote
> control of the mythtv box from a wireless palm/wince/whatever device
> could be setup. The palm size device could also double as the tv
> remote using the IR port, so it could be an all in one solution. If
> there is no interference on 3 and 4, you could use two old VCRs to
> broadcast two separate shows simultaneously.
> Of course, your next door neighbors might be able to pickup your
> shows, so you'd want to think carefully about plugging in amplifiers
> to the vcr outputs to clear up snowy reception at the back of your
> yard. However, as far as I know it's perfectly legal as long as you
> keep the broadcast power low enough.


Would this actually work?  i.e., would a VCR really put out the correct type 
of signal with enough power to receive it, say, a couple of rooms away?

-JAC