Streaming TV Channels over Network

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Hello,

I have fine PC's in my home and I would like to be able to watch my cable
channels on any of them at any given time. I have a Windows 2003 server
setup as my domain controller and I just purchased another Windows 2003
server to facilitate some resource issues.

My questions are these:

1. Can I configure the Windows Media Stream service so that it will buffer
just a short period of Live TV from a TV tuner that is located on this
server?

2. What TV tuner cards or USB devices are available that will allow me to
stream the channels over my local network, giving the clients the ability to
change the channel. I will most likely only be two channels at most being
viewed at any given time. However I would like the ability to support up to
5 simultaneous channels.

3. I would also like to be able to utilize a DMR so that I can hook a TV up
to it and be able to change the channels at the TV. Is this feasable? If
so what and where can I get the required turners and DMR do do this?

4. I have just purchased a MCE from Dell, a XPS 400. Can I stream it to my
Windows Media Server which is running on my Windows 2003 64Bit server? If
so, how can I set this up to be able to change the channel from the media
server?

Thanks,


James



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