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Comment on DirecTV’s Media Center tuner to go into beta test? by DirecTV’s Media Center tuner to go into beta test? | Windows Home Theater

DirecTV’s Media Center tuner to go into beta test? | Windows Home Theater — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:32:54 +0000

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Comment on Two-way CableCARDs spotted in the wild? by Two-way CableCARDs spotted in the wild? | Windows Home Theater

Two-way CableCARDs spotted in the wild? | Windows Home Theater — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:32:37 +0000

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Comment on People don’t understand HDTV by Loys Johnson

Loys Johnson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:21:33 +0000

Hello, I recently purchased a 42″ Samsung HDTV, it was plugged in through the wall to standard cable and it picked up quite a few HD channels without any other boxes or accessories. I am an expert when it comes to high definition content, and can confirm the channels really are in high definition. It sounds like what was happening with Bill Israel.

Comment on HBO stops working with Media Center by jake

jake — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:33:15 +0000

if people are still having trouble out there try Vista MediaCenter Decoder Utility (http://mediacenterexpert.blogspot.com/2006/07/vista-media-center-decoder-utility.html). It fixed my ‘restricted content’ problem that I’ve had for a while.

Comment on HBO stops working with Media Center by windows media center stops working

windows media center stops working — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:35:11 +0000

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Comment on Windows XP Media Center Diagnostics Kit v3.0 by mydvd unknown error windows xp

mydvd unknown error windows xp — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:24:31 +0000

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Comment on DVD streaming on Media Center extenders? by KB

KB — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:29:10 +0000

It isn’t a technical issue, it is a legal issue.

Streaming over a network, even a home network, to an extender can be construed as illegal distribution. So while you CAN do it with a few tweaks to the registry and renaming VOBs to MPEGs, it will never be officially supported out of the box unless the law changes.

Comment on Two-way CableCARDs spotted in the wild? by Joe

Joe — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:10:21 +0000

No… I’m fairly sure they mean any Vista MC system… This should be one of the first cards you can purchase as a stand alone item, you won’t need to buy it from an OEM in a pre-built system like the ATI model…

GO CETON GO! I want this Technology!

Comment on HBO stops working with Media Center by renee

renee — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:01:38 +0000

help i have 2003 HP media center and i updated from XP to vista premium edition and i have my VHS hooked to it to watch my VHS tapes was able to do this till now . it starts playing then says need license to view, i have done all the updates i could fine , thanks renee

Comment on DirecTV’s Media Center tuner to go into beta test? by Ian Yates

Ian Yates — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:48:29 +0000

Try TVersity, though I couldn’t get it to be seen by my DirecTV HD21 however Orb worked like a charm.
Remember that the DirecTV Media Center is still Beta.
Subscribers to cable are like, well subscribers to AOL.

I enjoyed your Sep 2003 article on CD Burning and you asked what to do with the several floppies you have lying about. That’s an easy one. Format them with FreeDOS and use them to remove those files that report “Cannot delete this file because it is being used by Windows” files that your anti spyware and malware programs report as being “fixed” though of course they never are.