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<blockquote data-quote="ap90033" data-source="post: 728123" data-attributes="member: 112144">Read this review, &quot;I use both Vista MediaCenter and Mediaportal for my needs. After tinkering around with Mediaportal to get my DVR working and wasting a ton of time, I decided to stick with Vista MCE for my DVR needs as it is so easy. Microsoft has made such a wonderful product… it is just amazing. All you need to do it hookup the cables, put in your zip code, select your provider and viola…. EPG is downloaded automatically and everything is taken care within like 30mts. Nothing to beat Vista MCE in terms of DVR functionality, ease of setup and ease of use.&quot;Will this change? I have to say I agree, it is a pain to get the same functionality from MP as MCE. I have posted a zillion times how do I setup MP to record NEW shows not RERUNS and mostly received a deafening silence. You can't say this is the HTPC Solution if it cannot record only new episodes like MCE. (I am sure there is someway to do it but I bet it would take a NASA Engineer to figure it out lol).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />I am just trying to be real here, this is the coolest product and my jaw dropped when I saw that it could do all it could but not something so simple <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ap90033, post: 728123, member: 112144"] Read this review, "I use both Vista MediaCenter and Mediaportal for my needs. After tinkering around with Mediaportal to get my DVR working and wasting a ton of time, I decided to stick with Vista MCE for my DVR needs as it is so easy. Microsoft has made such a wonderful product… it is just amazing. All you need to do it hookup the cables, put in your zip code, select your provider and viola…. EPG is downloaded automatically and everything is taken care within like 30mts. Nothing to beat Vista MCE in terms of DVR functionality, ease of setup and ease of use." Will this change? I have to say I agree, it is a pain to get the same functionality from MP as MCE. I have posted a zillion times how do I setup MP to record NEW shows not RERUNS and mostly received a deafening silence. You can't say this is the HTPC Solution if it cannot record only new episodes like MCE. (I am sure there is someway to do it but I bet it would take a NASA Engineer to figure it out lol).:D:S I am just trying to be real here, this is the coolest product and my jaw dropped when I saw that it could do all it could but not something so simple :o:o:o [/QUOTE]

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