Anyone who uses the awesome Movie Guide capability in Media Center to view currently aired and upcoming movies has noticed for almost a year now that the cover art is missing for Movies from 2010 til the present.  Instead of Cover Art, one of the following is displayed: blank blue box, a blank DVD, or [...]

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The picture quality is DVD quality at best and no where close to HD.  This is because ESPN3D uses the “standard” for 720p 3D, splitting the 720 horizontal lines (360 lines for the left eye and 360 lines for the right eye) to broadcast in the same space as their HD image.  It’s basically a [...]

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The 7MC PC internal 1.5TB Seagate HDD allocated only for Recorded TV is almost full, so I figured it’s now time to use my WHS 8.25TB of storage for, and commercial removing / .dvr-ms editing software on, recordings I plan on keeping for a long time like my family’s favorite movies, which are all of [...]

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I don’t normally just simply post another website’s link, but if you’re looking to integrate your Hauppage HD-PVR with Windows 7 Media Center, this Geektonic article is the one to read! Also, 1geek1tool.com’s DVBLink for HDPVR Instructions were also recently updated. Since my DIY Media Center Cablecard solution has been rock solid, I have put [...]

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Lifehacker’s Adam Pash posted three great/informative articles on “new” capabilities in Windows 7 Media Center: 1) Internet TV: It’s a newer version of the native Internet TV, now providing CBS content 2) Native Netflix in Media Center: Can now stream Netflix programs more easily on the Media Center PC, but no HD streaming! 3) Hulu [...]

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UPDATE: EngadgetHD’s Ben Drawbaugh just posted a detailed article on setting this up!  Thanks a ton Ben! UPDATE 2: MissingRemote’s Mike Garcen just posted a detailed article on setting this up in a CableCard environment! ****************** Thanks to Andy Van Til’s post on Missing Remote, I just purchased a copy of Dragon Global’s ShowAnalyzer for [...]

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Very exciting! Hauppauge will be releasing a CableCard Tuner later this year too. The latest ATI Digital CableCard Tuner (DCT) firmware will use the copy protection flag so content that isn’t copy protected (which is most TV programs) can be freely viewed on any Media Center PC / extender on the network, not just the [...]

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Here’s the top 3 items on my current Media Center / WHS To-Do List: 1. Setup HD PVR to schedule/record/watch FIOS HD programming 2. Install Media Browser with recommended configurations/add-ons like Media Center Master, for downloading and watching HD Movie Trailers 3. Build Windows Home Server 2003 with Power Pack 2, awaiting Power Pack 3 [...]

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And it is awesome!  As I posted on TGB, the OSFRLoader tool, the EngadgetHD “How to install…” guide, and John’s post here was pretty much all I needed. Channels change almost instantanously and the picture quality is great.  I’ve already got 10+ HD movies scheduled to record! 

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Using EngadgetHD Ben Drawbaugh’s instructions, my dual-internal ATI DCT PC is ready for the FIOS installer (I hope).  Everything worked as documented in the instructions.  But!  I am a little nervous something isn’t set up correctly.  In Media Center, when configuring the TV signal, it did not auto discover/setup the DCTs.  I had to do [...]

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