Thanks fella, I just thought a one for all approach might be easier as my target PC is basically a media based computer connected to my TV and HIFI, my laptop being the everyday computer, Teamviewer seemed ideal as a do everything remote.
I already use Gizmo for JRiver on a tablet so I might just use that instead.
But I will have a play with the server idea you suggest and see how it goes, I love Gizmo and think its great but having my 8.1 desktop as well as theatre view on the laptop is loads better. I don't want to stream files, the target PC is still going to be the PC that actually plays the media.