said by nyrrule27:Here is another con. You loser 2 tuners. Think of if this way. I think your only allowed 4 client IP per vms server. So that's 5 rooms for 6 tuners. Those clients use a tuner to even watch live tv not just recorded tv. With the traditional setup you get 3 dvrs for 6 tuners and 2 7100s for a total of 8 tuners for 5 rooms.
So with vms, if your recording lets say 4 shows only 2 clients can watch live tv.
This is my main apprehension as well, although I see there is a setup with 2 VMS's. In that setup, I would have 3 remote boxes.
Right now I have 4 DVRs (den and 3 BRs) and 1 plain HD box. This solves the problem of eliminating recording conflicts while allowing transport features on all TVs (where needed). All boxes see all recordings and recordings can be set up to any DVR from any box.
I'm all for getting the latest and greatest, however, would switching to the VMS system improve my set up and, if so, how?