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I was fearing the hassle it would give me .. but i am ready now : )

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The Windows 7 Media Center is really a powerhouse, and runs really well. ]]>Jul 27th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
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Look i know Dish is new to the media center game but to call it naive, now that's just mean. ]]>Jul 27th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
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Great as always. You are so correct - once you go 7, you never think of going back. I think it will be a big game changer.

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Can I have two different types of tuners with two different sets of channels (guides)?

For example:
Tuner 1 - regular analog cable from my cable provider - 70 channels
Tuner 2 - regular analog cable from my cable provider - 70 channels
Tuner 3 - HD-PVR - from cable box, includes the 70 channels plus a bunch more, plus HD, etc.

Thanks]]>Jul 27th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
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One more question - Can I watch Live TV through the HD-PVR?]]>Jul 27th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 31st 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/t/64226.aspx. To answer your question and save you hours of reading, yes, a few of us CableCARD users were/are having minor to moderate issues with video quality on certain types of content. My issues were resolved with 7RC, but others still report having problems. After months of research and tickets with MS, there is no pattern that I can tell you to avoid - aside from the fact that none of the customers of higher end HTPC manufacturers have reported the issue described in the thread (mainly HP/Dell users).

My advice is to get a CableCARD system and if you have any problems simply invoke the return policy. It's worth the risk and based on what I know the risk is low.]]>Jul 27th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/04/color-channel-logos-for-my-channel-logos.html

Also where is that transcoder application you talked about recently you were working on?]]>Jul 27th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
It is still in the works, but obviously delayed. We're getting there.]]>Jul 27th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
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If they made a device like the HD Homerun compatible with the xbox., life would be so much better.
Connect your 360('s) and homerun device to your network; the 360 configures the tuners and you are done.
As for storage space, a 500GB 2.5" sata drive cost only $89 at Newegg. Tell me MS cannot release a xbox 360 hard drive with that size for about $120.

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I'm currently using Snapstream's Beyond TV but have ordered the Windows 7 upgrade for $50. I'm pretty sure I will be switching to this in October. I see there are still a few features that are missing from Windows 7 Media Center that are in Beyond TV, but there are no show stoppers. Windows 7 Media Center also has a ton of features that Beyond TV doesn't though so it looks like the balance is leaning toward Media Center.]]>Jul 27th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
Very happy with VMC but might just have to move to W7MC now. The greatest benefit for me is that it reads the EPG/EID information correctly where as before it was clueless.

Keep up the great work!]]>Aug 1st 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
The second was 2 weeks ago. This time the tech that came out had installed dozens of them; knew everything about it. One thing to look out for: In comcast denver market there is no rental fee for your CableCARD(s) as long as its used in a HTPC and not a TiVO. If you use it in a TiVO, it's $1.50 a month per card...still not bad. I've heard stories of other comcast markets where the fees were not so friendly.]]>Jul 27th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
VMC and Vista as a whole were so close and yet so far from getting things right. I tried out the TV Pack (Clear QAM support) last year, it was very unstable. I had to reinstall twice, the second time was because I lost connectivity with my 360, no amount of restarting, clearing the DRM info, connecting/disconnecting did any good. At that point Win7 Beta was out and figured it couldn't be worse and if I was gonna test it I'd really give it a go as my media center solution. I threw it on my little Acer x1200 with only 2 GB of ram and have not looked back. For such an underpowered system Win7 and 7MC have been unbelievably stable and functional. Vista was a disappointment and the TV Pack was terrible. Granted it was better than no clear QAM HD, but it was not a great experience. I've had none of these issues since going to 7MC.

Win7 in general has been great but 7MC is a homerun. ]]>Jul 27th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
Great work Ben!]]>Jul 27th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 28th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
UI - Media Center > SageTV
Usability - Media Center = SageTV
Format Support - SageTV >> Media Center

Its a tie... I personally would love to see SageTV get its act together with a UI. With soooo much available in XMBC, I find their "whats wrong with the current UI?" attitude rather insulting.]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 28th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
* Allow users to assign primary audio/video codec for system?

But I would love an easy way to backup and restore your channel lineups and Series Recordings.]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/Jul 27th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
Cheers Ben.]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
*Play entire selected folder of videos]]>Jul 27th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/
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