So – below are my essential and desirable requirements, in the hope that seasoned geekzoners will be able to recommend the right solution.
My network includes the following; Synology DS-411J with 4 x 2Tb drives accessible on a gigabit network, AppleTV 1 and 2 jailbroken and running latest XBMC 11 Eden, iPad 3 running same XBMC Eden plus AirPlayer app, Apple Airport Extreme and Airport Express (3) for airplay functionality around the house/shed.
Essential Minimum Requirements
- Twin DVB-S2 tuners – record twothree shows at the same time from different transponders, pref option to add a DVB-T tuner
- HDMI out
- Network record function to a NAS share on the network
- Web interface to access recordings and programme future recordings
- EPG, pref network EPG
- Ethernet port
- Recorded programmes and video streams playable on iPad and laptop, ie no proprietary codec that cannot be viewed in VLC, XBMC apps.
- Easily operated by my wife, she is comfortable accessing the NAS Video share on XBMC so anything more complicated like a media PC will not cut the mustard.
- PVR, Timeshift, playback functionality
- Picture in Picture (PIP)
- Cheap and good
- Internal HDD option
- Component out
- Event / series recording
- eSata HDD socket (internal or external)
A DVB-S2 version of the HD-Homerun system would also meet the requirement, as I could simply add the HD-Homerun to my sources list in XBMC and would therefore be discoverable on all of my devices on my network.
So keen to hear your suggestions and solutions... cheers