Hi, I have been speaking with a computer company about building a Home Theatre PC, however, I have some questions that I hope y'all can help me with. We currently receive our programming through...

Does anyone know of any info about MCE and DVB's, I know that there is many other programs that work with them but not MCE, like My Theatre. How hard would it be to intergrate My theatre into MCE or...

I have Optimum online DTV STB w/HDTV, trying to connect to MCE HD input and HD out to TV through extender (wireless). I see that MCE only supports over the air DTV...can this be done and will the...

Anyone tried the vioce control software available? Just wondered how well it works. Thanks

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Media Center and a PC as opposed to using the STB from my cable company? Does media center act like a STB?

Does anyone know if there are any ATSC cards out there that have dual tuners (1 for ATSC and 1 for NTSC) and is a widely known company?

I have re-installed MCE on my shuttle PC. I noticed that when watching a recorded show the audio is out of sync with the video, by .5 - 1 second. Is anyone aware of this? -- Brett Griffin,...

Are you pushing down on the "mouse" stick? It doesn't work unless depressed at the same time you're moving it around. Sometimes in the beginning, it takes a lot of pressure to get it active. Then...

Is the following scenario possible? I have a Media Center PC running XP Media Center Edition 2005 /w the Rollup 2. I have an Xbox 360 hooked up to my HDTV across the room by component video and to a...

Is the Gateway 610 compatible with the BOSE 3-2-1 system? I've tried to hook them up. Is there data on this out there? -- thanks

Hello, I'm using itunes to play my mp3 collection (over 18000). Itunes has a great playlist-editor/maker. I was wondering if there is a way to convert an itunes-playlist to use with WMP, since it...

I have built two media center PC's and both of them get the code:13 error when trying to download the guide. Both are fresh installs, and they can surf the internet with no problems. Firewall is...

If the PC meets all the requirements, will MCE install and work well on top of 64-bit XP, or do I need to wait for Vista (Hey MS! How about a beta invite :-) -- Keep cool, but care. Ian...

Hi everybody Just insatll MCE 2005 , after when I insatll WIN PVR 250, it can detect the channel form the ant. but when I change to ATI theatre 550 no channel detect, USB itv 16 device also show but...

Hello, How do I programmatically detect an MCE machine. In my program I want to behave differently whether the machine is Standard Windows XP or Windows Media Center 2005. Thanks, Janiv Ratson.

Hi ! I installed MCE 2005 on an HP Pavillion zt1155 laptop that has an S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR as it's video adapter. All Windows Updates have been applied. Windows works perfectly fine as well as...

Hi Peter, Can you see if an ehshell.crash file was generated in %windir%\eHome? Thanks! -- Andy Vanosdale Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Student Ambassador - University...

I have been setting up basic off the shelf PCs for folks, from retail, and so they always come with XP Home Edition. No big deal these past 5+ years. No need for Pro Edition. Now, I find that all...

Hi! Running MCE 2004 on Gateway 500 XL 3 Ghz, w/ nVidia 6200 FX (ForceWare 81.85) into Samsung HDTV 1080i 30" Widescreen. Output to TV is clone mode over DVI cable connection. (Have tried Dual...

Hi all, I notice the HDD r/w like crazy when watching LiveTV using MCE. I assume it is buffering up tv for timeshifting? is there anyway I can stop it? I am not a heavy TV user, I don't need...