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I plan on having 3 - 5 HD streams (1920x1080i) coming from a server across a gigabit network to 6 PCs (some will show same stream as each other)

How much bandwidth do I actually need?
What spec CPUs will I need to ensure no glitches?

I need to send high-definition (1280x720) video to 5 screens. Sometimes these will be independant video's and sometimes they need to display the same video in sync with each other. In order to accomplish the synchronous display criteria, I was planning on a server with over a terrabyte of storage fo...