1) force tv detection should fix all of those problems.
2) You can use the PC button on the remote to put the computer to sleep or hibernate. as for keeping the focus on the desktop icons, you would have to look for a 3rd party program to do that, or you could use the MCE replacement plugin in the hot plugins subforum here. it comes with MCE tray, which will let you launch mediaportal with the green button and from there you can navigate within MP to shutdown/restart/etc...
3 The animated satellite image from weather.com cant be used. its doing exactly what you describe, and MP will only load an animated .gif file for usage. Someone else may know a workaround, but I havent found a solution yet.
4) Check out the TV series plugin in the hot plugins forum. It connects to a user maintained database with episode info and even graphic banners for plpular TV shows. |