At 8:34 PM -0400 4/14/04, Tom Barry wrote: >I'm not sure how much sense it makes to share OTA tuners but maybe. >However it makes a lot of sense to share hard drive servers, so if >multiple tuners are in a server PVR then I like the idea a lot better. > >However while may make lots of technical sense it will probably >attract armies of lawyers, so it may not be economically practical >after satisfying "robustness requirements" and the associated >filibustering delay. > You are describing a typical gateway device. I am hoping to see some innovation in this area at NAB, but it may still be a bit early. It makes good sense to integrate tuners, storage, NICs and firewalls into a gateway device. If you do this right, all you need is an "Intranet" in the home and any device with a NIC, decoders and display can share content. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.