If you want more than just your local channels in HD within Media Center, you either have to have a generous cable company which doesn’t encrypt their QAM channels, get an ATI CableCard…
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Having recently started using my HTPC directly on the main television in our home has been a good experience. It’s given me access to more content than is available on extender and overall a…
With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft is finally starting to leverage the fact that Media Center runs on PCs. By adding Netflix and Internet TV (that’s actually worth something!) they’re showing…
Most people who read here or are involved with the HTPC community in any way know most of the options out there. For those looking to get started you may have heard of Windows Media Center and maybe…
During our first live show in a long time, we discussed some of our favorite Windows 7 features. While it isn’t exactly Media Center related (uses Windows Media Player) one of mine is the Internet…
We’re finally back after a one week hiatus and hopefully it’ll be the last one we take for awhile. We hope no one missed us too much. This week we start off by running through the comments…
After posting a TV Tuner setup how-to, I thought it would be a good idea to do a quick screencast on some of the things you can do with guide data. This isn’t an in depth, edit channel mapping type…
It’s a task most veteran Media Center users know how to do. But, if you’re someone who’s looking to upgrade to Windows 7 and are thinking about using the included Media Center feature, adding a…
While most people in the Media Center community have probably at least tried running the Windows 7 RC or RTM, there are those still running Windows Vista. Wouldn’t it be great if you knew…
Missing Remote has the low down this morning from Andrew Cherry on how to make Media Center in Windows 7 start the way you want it to start. I personally like the start up animation and sound…
I recently had a storage issue on my Windows Home Server. I run a WHS with only one 250GB drive in it as I haven’t had a chance to build a proper server yet. As well, I’m waiting to see what will…
Ahhh internet radio. I love how you allow me to listen to music from all over the world in one place. And I love RadioTime for bringing them all together within the Media Center interface for me. …

