This page is about an idea for a home multimedia system.
I hope to receive ideas for a solution.
Overview
Media types
Schematics/hardware
Internet safety

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Overview.

I want a home multimedia system where "all" media is available on all places.
I want no doubling of hardware unless absolutely necessary.
There should be only one audio and picture output per computer e.g. no switch should be necessary.
For some media types there should be a completely analog alternative since the original signal is analog.

Some questions would be:
Which operating system to use ?
Which hardware components to use ?
Which software to use ?

Media types.

Living room:


Picture: TV (Video) DVD Internet/Computer/Game

Sound: TV (Video) DVD Internet/Computer/Game CD MP3 Radio Tape Gramophone

Office:


Picture: TV DVD Internet/Computer/Game

Sound: TV DVD Internet/Computer/Game CD MP3 Radio Tape Gramophone

Schematics/hardware.

This is just an idea for a system regarding the hardware (some of it).

This design includes a DVB-s card to receive Digital Television and it also
gives the ability to use the hard drives as a "VCR".
But does a manufacturer have drivers that gives the ability to stream Mpeg2 data to
another Mpeg card on another computer?

Old idea.

Internet safety.

How can one separate internet from the home network ?
One could use a separate "internet" computer on which the browser operates.
And make the picture and sound available on the home network.




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December 2000 by Lars Andersson.