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MythTV has had the channel priorities for years. Welcome to 2006 :-P.

On my Myth box I have my two ATSC HD tunners and a SD tuner OTA all on the same channel. Then i give priority to the ATSC tuners and if i need a 3rd tuner it will use the SD tuner.

If i ever add a HDPVR or any other feed I can add it to the channel group. Really this boils down to some pretty simple SQL queries.

Mitchell]]>Aug 13th 2008 3:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/Aug 13th 2008 8:29PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/
I loved your comments about using Netscape to launch installers/other programs that were restricted. I used to do similar things as well. In the Windows 95/98 days some systems were setup with poledit (policy editor which only let specific executables run), but you could just rename an exe to an exe that had access and run it no problem! At another school, they were a bit more locked down, but they did have MS Office. I just wrote a Visual Basic Macro that would let me launch my progams.

-Will]]>Aug 13th 2008 11:29PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/
It amazing me how many hoops Microsoft makes VMC users go through for basic functionality. Seriously, take away CableCard and the glossy UI, I can't see what makes people choose VMC over the competitors. With the HD-PVR, there really isn't much reason remaining.

I agree on the clip-n-sling. I barely understood what it would be used for practically anyway. Slingbox has a nice thing going, but I'm happy with SageTV's placeshifting solution - It's integrated with my HTPC so I can watch liveTV (w/program guide), recorded shows, movies, music etc stored on my server. I use it some from the office and a lot on the road. I do miss the better HD quality I get from home though.

I never go to the movie store - I've used Redbox (a movie rental in a vending box) two or three times when I wanted a new release without the one-or-two day wait.

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that is what is keeping people with media center (along with the potential you wont be seeing elsewhere..... native directv tuners, etc). i do think at some point people will give up on ms though. they have really really botched vista media center as a whole. i really want to see them break media center out on its own (like sage,beyond and others) and charge for updates like they do.]]>Aug 14th 2008 9:34AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/Aug 15th 2008 11:48AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/
But since it breaks WebGuide, I would have probably thought long and hard about installing it. I guess the advantage of Windows 7 is that hopefully all this stuff works together.

I have long thought that Media Center was treated like the redheaded stepchild over in the eHome division, I think this just proves it. Unfortunate, as this is a Microsoft product that even a Mac user like myself love. It has so much potential beyond just being a fancy DVR. ]]>Aug 19th 2008 6:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/08/13/engadget-hd-podcast-097-08-13-2008/
VMC users got hosed, go listen to it.

My favorite part (paraphrasing): EB: TV Pack is mostly for other than USA
ID: H.264 isn't there
EB: DirecTV Problem, not MS
ID: But the UK FreeSat is H.264...???

LOL]]>Aug 15th 2008 1:03PM