The Media Center Blog

So you’ve decided that you want a small form factor Media Center Extender but you don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for a used extender on Ebay? You may have come to the right place, as long as you have a little patience that is. The answer…Craigslist.
A few months ago I decided [...]

So I had all but given up on putting my HD Recorded TV on my ZuneHD once I found out that it didn’t work. Then I came across an article in Google Reader titled “Syncing Windows Home Server, Zune and Windows Media Center!” and I got all kinds of excited. However, when I read the [...]

EDIT: According to a comment from vain below, this is no longer available in the retail version of Windows 7. I have been able to confirm that it does, in fact, still work with Windows 7 Ultimate RTM. Not sure if it works with Home Premium but I would assume that it does.

Wow…if only [...]

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Update: According to John’s comment below, he was able to get a quote for $188.89 with free shipping!
I have to admit, I found this a bit odd considering Dell hasn’t had a CableCARD [...]

The Windows Media Center guide information is provided by Zap2it. If you’ve been in a situation where you notice you are missing some channels in your Media Center guide, it’s probably because Zap2it doesn’t know about the newly added channels yet. You can help solve this problem by filling out a simple feedback email and [...]

Since there aren’t a whole lot of digital cable ready PCs out there, finding a place that sells ATI Digital Cable Tuners (aka CableCARD tuners) can be a challenge. Since I bought my XPS 420 in February from the Dell Outlet I had to find a way to purchase some from other places. When I [...]

UPDATE: It appears as though Dell is not selling any 64 bit operating systems with digital cable support. In order to get one that is digital cable ready you will have to find one with a 32 bit operating system. The item numbers should be the same as the ones listed below.
Back in February I [...]