Do you have a PC connected to your TV?

[rakeshagrawal]

How many of you have your PCs (or a PC) connected to your televisions?

[rakeshagrawal]

post photographs of your setup if you have them... I'll take one of mine and post it tomorrow.

[archie]

i wasn't exactly sure how to answer this question (someone has to be difficult, i guess i'm it for this poll).

currently, i'm the one "no" in the poll. i have a tv connected to the pc in the study to tweak ss. but i never use that tv to watch btv. i have a modulator that sends the btv channel throughout the house and usually watch it in the living room, where there is no pc.

so if the point of the poll is do you watch btv on a tv or pc monitor, then yes, i watch it on a tv. but if the point of your poll is do you have a pc next to the tv on which you watch btv, the answer is no. the reason i answered no is that i hope the development of btv goes in the way of being able to watch on a tv remote from the pc.

i'm confused, what was the question?!

archie

[Eric3a]

Do you have a PC connected to your TV?

Nope. But I have Tvs connected to my PC.

6 Tvs to be exact.
Eric

[rakeshagrawal]

archie, yeah, I hadn't taken your setup into account when I created the poll. but 'no' is fine as a response based on your unique setup...

[tif383335]

Originally posted by Eric3a

Nope. But I have Tvs connected to my PC.

6 Tvs to be exact.
Eric

??? How does that work? Do you watch the same channel on all 6 tv's?

[mbmonk]

Originally posted by Eric3a

Nope. But I have Tvs connected to my PC.

6 Tvs to be exact.
Eric

LOL, I dont see the difference between TV to PC and PC to TV could you explain that one ?

BTW, Eric I want a pic of YOUR setup if its that good


6.... good god are you a saudi prince? Do you watch TV on the can?

[Terminal]

Yep I have a PC connected to my TV and vice versa.

[Eric3a]

Well I have a TV and a monitor connected to my computer. The TV is only there so I don't have to run downstairs to check the ouput of the modulator. It has no other real use. (I can view TV direct when I'm doing something else on the computer, but I hate real Live TV).

So in view of Archie's setup I am more of a "no" to the original question, hence my first reply: All other Tvs are fed by the modulator. All Tvs view BTv on a set channel. No biggie since it's only the 2 of us.

To view TV on the can, but most importantly outside and on my dock I stream over wireless network to my notebook and listen on wireless headphones.
I often can be heard giggling listening to stand-up comedy at the end of my dock at night... I'm sure the neighbors talk.

6 Tvs not enough as I often end up moving a TV to another wall port.
I don't like being "tied down" just because I am watching Tv, and I like the flexibility of walking around, pausing, etc that our setup gives me.

My setup upstairs is ugly as hell with 5 coax sticking out of the wall (some for the security cameras), a cheapo computer case that I never close and a spaghetti fest of cables.
Not important to me, since it's "my" room and chaos is not a theory but a way of life here.

Enthropy rules.
Eric

[archie]

Originally posted by rakeshagrawal
archie, yeah, I hadn't taken your setup into account when I created the poll. but 'no' is fine as a response based on your unique setup...

if you look at this thread and others like it you will see that my setup is not that unique. i hope you are taking that into account as you develop your software. also look at eric's thread above for another example of my unique setup.

archie

[rakeshagrawal]

I'm pretty familiar with the crossbarmedia stuff and the idea of using the existing cable inside the home for media distribution. I think there was one company (maybe still is -- I've never seen a product from them) that builds media servers that strictly use the existing cable infrastructure in the home for distribution. Ah, ucentric, that was the company...

Anyhow, it's my belief that it's mostly the custom installer market and enthusiasts that will use coax inside the home for media distribution. For the average consumer who wants to "retrofit" their existing home, digital wireless distribution is the way it's going to happen (ie PCs and connected media players strung together using wireless).

Moving back to the topic of dsitributing media using cable inside the home: is there anything in Beyond TV that could be improved for cable distribution?

[EnochLight]

I think the poll choice "I don't have a PC" is kind of moot. BTV3 is only for PC's; typically you will only find BTV PC users here in this forum. Or wait...was that tongue and cheek? If so, I totally had a blonde streak and missed the joke! D'oh!

I technically *DO* have a TV connected to my computer, via my MediaMVP. Does that count?

Cheers,

EnochLight

[archie]

is there anything in Beyond TV that could be improved for cable distribution?

hardware decoding (of course) and moving all administration to the fsgui (which you are already working on!).

thanks for listening,

archie

[Eric3a]

moving all administration to the fsgui

As the testing Saudi prince in this thread (?!), I second that opinion.
Eric

[rpemb]

Here's a shot of my rig...