Yes, but how much sense will it make to have a home server that cannot talk to home computers? And yet this seems a possibility given the way things are going. The CE guys may compromise with Hollywood to mostly shut out the PC guys like me. And then of course I'd have to do something different. - Tom Craig Birkmaier wrote: > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.