There have been multiple postings about distributing and controlling multiple ReplayTVs in a house. I thought I would detail what I did:
ReplayTV 1 in family room, ReplayTV 2 in bedroom upstairs
Avcast Media Kit (avcast.com) as follows:
Media Caster behind each ReplayTV - modulates output and sends it as a modulated channel to the Cable Caster in the basement where the cable comes in. The cool thing is that the Media Caster uses the existing cable run for receiving and sending - no cable runs had to be added.
Cable Caster in the basement takes the cable line as input and then has 4 "network ports" which use coax - this box replaces the traditional splitter - I connected the existing coax runs to the ports on the Cable Caster and can then use a Media Caster on any of the runs to send back on the same run a modulated signal.
IR Casters in other location - these send IR signals back along the same coax run that brings the signal to the TV so again no extra runs. The IR signal goes to the cable caster which then sends to the media caster which then emits it to the ReplayTV.
SO far I have enabled one Replay - took 15 minutes, no wiring required. And as a bonus, the cable caster boosts the signal so my existing TV picture improved everywhere!!
Very very cool, very very easy and pretty inexpensive - for two replays (Media Casters), one remote control location (IR Caster)and the cable caster - $195 plus shipping!!! I also spent some time on the phone and email and they were very helpful.
Discounted prices at http://www.avcast.com/webtv/welcome.html - not sure how long - I ordered last week. Thread on this at http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...threadid=45443
ReplayTV 1 in family room, ReplayTV 2 in bedroom upstairs
Avcast Media Kit (avcast.com) as follows:
Media Caster behind each ReplayTV - modulates output and sends it as a modulated channel to the Cable Caster in the basement where the cable comes in. The cool thing is that the Media Caster uses the existing cable run for receiving and sending - no cable runs had to be added.
Cable Caster in the basement takes the cable line as input and then has 4 "network ports" which use coax - this box replaces the traditional splitter - I connected the existing coax runs to the ports on the Cable Caster and can then use a Media Caster on any of the runs to send back on the same run a modulated signal.
IR Casters in other location - these send IR signals back along the same coax run that brings the signal to the TV so again no extra runs. The IR signal goes to the cable caster which then sends to the media caster which then emits it to the ReplayTV.
SO far I have enabled one Replay - took 15 minutes, no wiring required. And as a bonus, the cable caster boosts the signal so my existing TV picture improved everywhere!!
Very very cool, very very easy and pretty inexpensive - for two replays (Media Casters), one remote control location (IR Caster)and the cable caster - $195 plus shipping!!! I also spent some time on the phone and email and they were very helpful.
Discounted prices at http://www.avcast.com/webtv/welcome.html - not sure how long - I ordered last week. Thread on this at http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...threadid=45443