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RE: Media Center does upscaling?

stewa...@discussions.microsoft.com (stewart c) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 08:46:01 UT

media centre doesn't upscale. I ditched my media pc in favour of a PS3. Best
media centre out there, hook up a tv tuner to it "play tv" and you get an all
singing alladancing mdeia cen tre with blue ray (upscales too). Link to your
PC via TVersity (or just through the normal windows network)

Media Center does upscaling?

nob...@nowhere.com (Steve Thackery) — Thu, 11 Nov 2009 01:21:18 UT

I'm thinking of building a Media Center PC, based on Windows 7. I want it
to replace all my existing boxes.
Will Media Center do upscaling of normal DVDs when playing to an HD
television?
I ask because most Blueray players will upscale normal DVDs, and it's a
facility I'd like.
Thanks,
SteveT

Re: Transferring a talking book to an MP3 player

tony.corbett....@btinternet.com (Tony Corbett) — Tue, 11 Nov 2009 17:21:14 UT

I goofed. All I needed to do was to make a suitable internet search which
quickly located some free software, CDex, that does the necessary file
conversion to .mp3. Then it was a simple matter of drag-and-drop to put the
files onto the MP3 player. I even had the opportunity to change the names of

I lost some TV channels a week ago Tuesday 10th.

dustbin_addr...@blueyonder.co.uk (Dustbin) — Tue, 11 Nov 2009 08:51:20 UT

Using DBT from aerial. I lost a whole host of channels.
Anyone any idea what is going on?
I have done the basic checks; aerial lead; everything plugged up secure;
I have a18dB amp at the bottom of the down lead - so plenty of signal.
It has worked reliably up to this point. Suddenly up to 40 channels have

RE: Unable to get SKY TV listings in correct order (GUIDE)

ho...@discussions.microsoft.com (Hoppo) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:01 UT

I have had the same problem with windows 7 media centre. there is no data
for BBC1 East midlands in the guide and when media centre detects the
channel, it displays it as unknown, there is only bbc1 midlands on the list

Transferring a talking book to an MP3 player

tony.corbett....@btinternet.com (Tony Corbett) — Thu, 11 Nov 2009 21:23:51 UT

Assuming that what I propose is legal - that is, I own a talking book in CD
format - I would like to copy it to an MP3 player. I am new both to WMC and
MP3 players and have only read sections of the manuals.
I have two talking books to experiment with, each running to 10 CDs. Any one
CD has about 20 tracks, labelled unhelpfully as Track 1, etc. So there will

RE: Internet TV Beta 2 not found in Win7 Media Center

jsaonl...@discussions.microsoft.com (jsaonline) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:01 UT

Same problem here!

Internet TV Beta 2 not found in Win7 Media Center

mediacenterhel...@discussions.microsoft.com (Media Center helper) — Fri, 10 Oct 2009 16:38:01 UT

A little while ago i noticed Internet TV Beta 2 in Windows Media Center in
Windows 7, but yesterday i notices that this has vanished but replaced with
Sky Player intead.
I have checked all over the internet for help regarding this and some say it
could be in Etras others day in TV but it's not in either location.

Re: UK Freeview Retune (Crystal Palace) - Lost Channels

n...@this.com (Dick K) — Sun, 10 Oct 2009 14:37:50 UT

Problem solved. For me the trick was to "Delete all
Services" (within "Settings" > "TV" > "Scan for New
Services") before rescanning. After that I had to
re-download the Guide and change the channel order
back to what I wanted.

UK Freeview Retune (Crystal Palace) - Lost Channels

n...@this.com (Dick K) — Sun, 10 Oct 2009 05:38:24 UT

I'm running XP MCE 2005 with a Hauppauge Nova-DT
Dual DVB-T tuner, My Media Centre is configured
to use the (UK London) Crystal Palace transmitter.
Since retuning on 30 September, and again today,
I no longer see ITV 3, ITV 4 or Channel 5 in the
Guide. The other channels are OK.
Has anyone experienced the same problem? Is there

Problem with viewing High Def TV

sim...@discussions.microsoft.com (SimonW) — Fri, 09 Sep 2009 15:26:04 UT

Hi!
TVPack 2008 problem viewing BBC HD
MCE displays the channel as a Digital Service i.e. Blue screen with sound.
An alternative player (Digital Everywhere's FireDTV viewer) displays the HD
picture in 4:3 aspect. I have been scratching my head for weeks on this on,
any ideas would be most welcome. SimonW

Re: HCL for Windows 7

nviatadav...@gmail (Davide Da Rivoli) — Sun, 09 Sep 2009 10:54:32 UT

"RPK" <n...@kco.co.uk> ha scritto nel messaggio

Re: HCL for Windows 7

davidsussma...@yahoo.co.uk (Dave Sussman) — Tue, 09 Sep 2009 09:16:42 UT

I haven't seen an HCL, but the BlackGold cards work in Win7 for UK Freeview,
even the older single tuner PCI ones. The later ones are dual tuner and have
64 bit support.
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HCL for Windows 7

n...@kco.co.uk (RPK) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:21:01 UT

Is there a Hardware Compatibility List for Win 7 MCE anywhere. I am after
Win7 tuner cards for UK Freeview and also German Satellite FTA on Astra
19.2E.
Thanks
Roger

Windows 7 MCE Record Series Unavailable

davidsussma...@yahoo.co.uk (Dave Sussman) — Fri, 08 Aug 2009 09:47:11 UT

A curious situation where one particular radio show (Mike Harding, Radio 2,
Wed 1900 if anyone else would like to give it a try) doesn't offer me the
Record Series option. Clicking around I see a mix between which shows do and
which don't. The series pass worked fine in XP, then when it was upgraded to