ok, i have a solution but not the right one.

5 separate location - 16 pano 484 + 1 pano wjhd300/location

customer wants location 1 to be head end. problem is I am forced to transmit via internet and he wants to view all 5 DVRs at location 1 on 5 separate LCD panels.

My solution: Run location one DVR to a monitor directly, have 2 PC's with 2 remote view displays open and displaying on 2 separate monitors each. Big issue - framerate/resolution. How bad would it be? There should be a T1 line on site, I'm checking on that though.

This can't be the ideal solution, i'm thinking I'm missing something obvious but noone else has been able to come up with a better one.

You want simple or complicated solution ? :)
Simple one, just get 5 video servers. Those with both encoder and decoder kind. Axis have such a model (AXIS 292 - for the decoder).
At all your dvr, stream the vid output through the videoserver.
Where you monitor, install the decoder and connect it to a tv.
almost idiot proof installation. No computer to fiddle with.
And output's just a plain monitor. 5 of them in this case.
But you won't be able to control anything from the monitor. Just monitor.

Other solution ? Install 5 computer to use as client. Or you can use 1 with 5 monitor display output, or like what you say, run 2 instant of client on a dual monitor display. but all these dual/triple/five monitor display also largely depends on the client software, if they allow multiple copies of the software to be run at the same time within a comp. if not, u have to use 5 comp.

For me, i'll try to stay away from computer as much as i can.
Too many unknow factor, e.g. os bugs, virus, customer playing game/surfing porn on comp, etc. You can lock it down, but u can never prevert all these from happening.

That Video Server idea is a good one. I'll suggest that to my customer. Thanks!