Got the dreaded email saying that Charter is going all-digital in my area. I have 12 TVs and 16 total outlets in the house distributed over 3 floors. Currently have been living with the reduced number of channels where I didn't have one of my four dvr/hd boxes. However, going to 12 boxes is a non-starter for me both on principal and cost. Am looking into "cutting the cord" options, but that is not an immediate possibility (until at least the next season of King of Thrones is done!).
My house was built "way back" in 2001. Each outlet is fed by coax, which all is distributed out of a single closet. There are four single-run Cat5 cables, one of which does support one of the TVs. I have a menagerie of TVs (about half are HDMI-capable), 2 aVs, 2 smart DVRs (wireless). I do not have an HTPC, but have a great server that could power one.
My question is - aside from moving - where do I go from here?
Nirvana for me would be an HTPC with a cable card that could distribute up to 4 different signals back out into the coax on either an SD or HD basis and controlled by an iOS app. My fallback would be to attach an appleTV to each TV and blast it through the wireless network. Budget is a concern here.
What's the best strategy to do here assuming I will be keeping cable for the foreseeable future?
My house was built "way back" in 2001. Each outlet is fed by coax, which all is distributed out of a single closet. There are four single-run Cat5 cables, one of which does support one of the TVs. I have a menagerie of TVs (about half are HDMI-capable), 2 aVs, 2 smart DVRs (wireless). I do not have an HTPC, but have a great server that could power one.
My question is - aside from moving - where do I go from here?
Nirvana for me would be an HTPC with a cable card that could distribute up to 4 different signals back out into the coax on either an SD or HD basis and controlled by an iOS app. My fallback would be to attach an appleTV to each TV and blast it through the wireless network. Budget is a concern here.
What's the best strategy to do here assuming I will be keeping cable for the foreseeable future?