5600-VTDR256 (Alternative to Media Center II for watching TV)

Hello, I would like to know if there is any alternative application that I can use to watch TV instead of Media Center II.
I would really hope that there are other softwares available that play out anything that the nVidia WDM drivers give them.
Reasons for shifting are:
[list=1]
When watching TV on Media Center the bottom 2 inches of screen are cropped in the software, and the picture is very slightly narrowed (as in its made a square forcefully)
Media Center always mutes my Wave/Mp3 sound on startup and on exit doesn't fix this and put the Line In on full.
Media Center on exit turns on the power management icon in the task bar which appears after reboot, and I have to turn off the option (Always show power management icon in task bar) manually.[/list=1]
If anyone can help out it'll be really appreciated.

do a search of these forums and/or google them for reviews/pros/cons of the following MCD II alternatives:
Dscaler 4.1.8 (i use this for watching TV)
WinampTV
VirtualVCR
FlyTV
ChrisTV
intervideo winDVR (i use this for timeshifting and recording)
powerDVR (or whatever it is called from cyberlink)
good luck.
sorry i can't help with your errors on MCDII. i had similar issues and deleted it.
regards

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