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I would think that streaming over the internet would be more of an issue than anything else, I would think you would need a 50Meg upload and your buddy have a 50Meg download.

We successfully used a VLC playlist for streaming yesterday. Worked like a charm. An SD channel uses about 3 Mbit/s here, HD about 8.

Edit: using the PVR backend over the internet most definitely works. HD is a bitch to stream (slight lag all the time) but all SD works without a hitch. Next up will be to make it work with dual tuners.