TV with Media Centre

First of all i cant believe you cant talk to anyone at MSI on the phone what the hell is that all about.
I have a Mega 856 Pro PC with MS Media Centre 2005 and a Mega MSI TV Card.
when u select TV in set up on the media centre it says there isnt one, and the tv program u get with the card, starts to tune in some channels that look rubbish but u cant select anything. Can anyone help at all before i go mad.

MCE 2005 is very picky.. I just installed it on my Mega 180 2 days ago. It wouldn't work with the MSI 8606 tuner.. so I went with the AVerMedia M150 card. Its cheap (about $55 on Newegg.com). Then, the tricky part is finding a MPEG2 decoder that will work with the Windows XP MCE 2005 operating system. I went thru almost all my programs I had and finally Cyberlink's PowerDVD 6 v1102 worked flawlessly. I have the Microsoft MCE remote ($29.99) and everything working perfect. It sure beats the original Mega remote and Media Center Deluxe III.. I love it so far.
So what you need to do is just get a compadible TV Tuner. Stick by exactly what it says on the Microsoft website, or else u will run into conflicts. Also stick with what it says on their site about video cards and DVD Decoder codecs. Those happened to be the main issues for nearly everyone I talked to.

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Alan Stickells wrote:
Hi
Given I will have 3 computers on the go if I keep my currently old Imac running, I was wondering on the best way to keep everything nicely shared. This is where I thought to use the TimeCapsule to store all the files I am likely to share across the 3 computers.
which iMac do you have, how big is the drive? could you plug in an external drive & ethernet cable from the iMac direct to router? if so, this would save on the TC.
Is this a good idea or are there superior alternatives to using a TimeCapsule as a 'server'? Are there issues in programs such as iTunes on each machine mapping to 1 shared source for the file?
Try it with the iMac first.
If this approach is a good one, is it worth my money / effort in getting the 320gb HD or even installing a 500gb 7200rpm HD in the mini if the majority of storage will take place on the TimeCapsule?
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Given the sort of use I have in mind for the mini, would I notice the difference if I went for the 2.26 processer and better graphics card?
for the cost, not sure the .26 is that much of an upgrade. the graphics are NOT upgradeable, you only have the 9400.
also, with the price drop & hacks available, you could pickup an AppleTv instead. it would still talk to the old imac with the library.

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I already have a powerbook G4 (which I'll upgrade in a year or so) but I was all set to buy a mac mini for use as a media centre with Front Row to play my DVDs, movie files, iTunes stuff etc.
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