   Movies and a really big machine.
  Okay, so I have this computer with 4x 400gig hard drives in it in a way that essentially has me with a 1.6 terabyte drive. I am currently in the process of backing up my entire LEGALLY OWNED movie collection to it. Anyways, I'm mostly done, but I was to do something a little different. Right now I'm using the DVI output on my 9800 all in wonder to hook it up to my 52-onch HDTV, but this just isnt good enough.Why?Because I want to watch TV EVERYWHERE in my house, and still have access to my movie library. The problem? Well, I could stream it all wirelessly by first installing WinXP Media Center edition on the compy and then buying 2 media center extenders, but that would cost $600 and the quality wouldnt be too hot since there just isnt enough speed through G to get a good quality, and thats all the Extenders come in.Is there ANY way I can do this without a significant loss of image clarity?   
  Well, the only way I can think of is to get a video card with and s-video output and use that instead of your DVI out since S-video is pretty much on all TVs. I don't know if they make s-video amps/splitters but you might need an amp for it. I don't even know what the overall output quality is for s-video, but last time I tried it, it looked pretty bad so this may all be abad sugestion anyway. I don't have any other ideas.   ;Quote:Original post by lethalhamsterWell, the only way I can think of is to get a video card with and s-video output and use that instead of your DVI out since S-video is pretty much on all TVs. I don't know if they make s-video amps/splitters but you might need an amp for it. I don't even know what the overall output quality is for s-video, but last time I tried it, it looked pretty bad so this may all be abad sugestion anyway. I don't have any other ideas.All my TVs have DVI now, thats not the issue. The issue is I dont want to lug around a computer all the time.   ;Quote:Original post by AnonymousPosterChildQuote:Original post by lethalhamsterWell, the only way I can think of is to get a video card with and s-video output and use that instead of your DVI out since S-video is pretty much on all TVs. I don't know if they make s-video amps/splitters but you might need an amp for it. I don't even know what the overall output quality is for s-video, but last time I tried it, it looked pretty bad so this may all be abad sugestion anyway. I don't have any other ideas.All my TVs have DVI now, thats not the issue. The issue is I dont want to lug around a computer all the time.I really have no idea, but you don't need Win XP media center edition to stream the video. You can download Windwos Media Encoder for free and use that to stream video. but streaming it is still a bad idea.   ;  DVI can only extend so far. So either use weird DVI repeaters (probably not made anywhere) OR you can network a computer to each TV. If you do that, you'll need a network with a fat pipe (reliable too, not wireless) and a CPU that can encode that crap.   ;Quote:Original post by lethalhamsterI really have no idea, but you don't need Win XP media center edition to stream the video. You can download Windwos Media Encoder for free and use that to stream video. but streaming it is still a bad idea.Don't forget VLC Player. Get it quick though cos of this :'(But I don't have much of an idea either.   ;  Have you taken a look at Belkin's Pre-N equipment? It boasts some pretty significant gains over G.   ;Something like this?