After 2 years owning, I finally hooked up HDTV!!

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

Thanks for the tip, Andy. I have been waiting for an excuse to upgrade my XP Dell desktop to windows 7. And with 2TB external hard disks becoming more and more affordable, this might be a reality for me.

Windows 7 Media Center just blows away the 2005 (XP) version of MC, and it is a fantastic excuse to upgrade from XP. I had been using Media Center 2005 for four years, and now I wouldn't go back to it for any reason.

Prior to Media Center, there were several other "free HDTV recording on your computer" systems, going back to December 2000, but none was as elegant as MC. (Look up HiPix DTV-200 for the first one; I was one of the first fifty customers.)