So you’re recording everything under the sun with your Media Center and you laugh in the face of those 80gb DVR users. That is, until you realize that you too have your limits. The options quickly become an ever expanding number of hard drives ($$) or find a way to squeeze those WTV files down into something more reasonable. There’s [...]
It seems that this technique doesn’t solve the situation for most users and we’re looking for another method for correcting the zoom setting issue. If you have any suggestions or tips be sure to post a comment below. Sometimes it seems that while browsing through the channels Media Center has it’s own opinion on what zoom level should be used [...]
My Channel Logos is a great program that allows you to add channel logos to your TV guide listings in Windows 7 Media Center. Unfortunately, by default My Channel Logos only includes white/blue channel logos for use with the program. What if you want to add color logos to your TV guide listings? It’s possible to create and add them [...]
The ability to backup and restore your recording schedule and guide listings in Media Center is something that will be necessary at some point for almost anyone. Unfortunately, up to this point Media Center doesn’t make it easy for the end user. On the bright side it isn’t very complicated either, you just need to know where to look. Back [...]
Though we’ve looked at this handy program for adding channel logos to your Windows Media Center TV Guide when it was first released, it has undergone a number of improvements and increased support since it’s release. Since it’s initial offering, My Channel Logos has added the ability to detect affiliate stations such as those associated with ABC, NBC, CBS and [...]
As important as the digital media era is in bringing us the best of television over the internet there’s something to be said for the old school as well. The ability to bring in free high definition content via the digital air waves is also an enticing option. With the right antenna, free digital television can be had as far [...]
Direct from Josh at MN Maven, comes this tip on sharing your recorded episodes between different PCs on your network. This will even work inside Windows Media Player, letting you watch your recorded TV shows while getting a little work done at the same time. This requires that the receiving pc be running Windows 7 (the Media Center should also [...]
This tweak actually comes by way of MCEWorld. Sometimes you want the ability to tweak your skip interval settings, after all the average commercial break lasts about 2 minutes not 30 seconds. Maybe you’re obsessed with never overshooting your target and want to fine tune the length to something smaller. Perhaps you want the ability to rewind your half hour [...]
Don’t stop there check out these 10 other ways to customize your media center! Many of us are used to being able to see a channel’s logo instead of just a boring old name in our TV listings from our DVRs and Media Centers but it is also one of those features lacking natively in 7MC. Fortunately, thanks to the [...]
Peter Near’s blog has a post on adding ATSC support to your Media Center box: First, some background. Like the United States, Canada has decided to transition all television broadcasts from analog to digital. These new digital signals have greater effective range, provide a crystal-clear high definition picture, and as with all over the air network TV broadcasts are free [...]
Adding ClearQAM channels to your Windows7 Media Center can be quite a daunting process. With regard to previous version of Media Center though it’s still quite an improvement as before there was no native support for ClearQAM whatsoever. ClearQAM is generally broadcast in the United States through your cable provider and typically only consists of the basic broadcast channels you [...]
