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<blockquote data-quote="wjw" data-source="post: 1267570" data-attributes="member: 79284">Just to add a little to the very full replies you've already had - specifically about the guide issue.&nbsp; I am in the UK and, like you, don't mind paying a really quite small amount for good guide data.&nbsp; I use Schedules Direct with MC2XML as the download tool (there are others).&nbsp; This gives me full program data for 2 weeks ahead.&nbsp; You also need to look at a plugin called TVWishlist for much improved recording/scheduling capabilities (this is also referred to in the thread that Cybersimian referenced above).&nbsp; If you do go down this route you need to be aware there there is a small issue with the way that Series/Episode numbers are presented by Schedules Direct - this was covered some time ago <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mc2xml-and-episode-numbers.137303/#post-1240683" target="_blank">in this thread.</a>I also use MP1 and have done for many years.&nbsp; I did look briefly at MP2 with the WMC-like skin and decided that MP1 with the standard Default WIde skin is more than adequate.&nbsp; I was a WMC user many years ago before I found MP1 (at that time MP2 did not exist) and rapidly decided that I preferred MP1 (and my wife actually agreed with me - and she doesn't like change!).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wjw, post: 1267570, member: 79284"] Just to add a little to the very full replies you've already had - specifically about the guide issue. I am in the UK and, like you, don't mind paying a really quite small amount for good guide data. I use Schedules Direct with MC2XML as the download tool (there are others). This gives me full program data for 2 weeks ahead. You also need to look at a plugin called TVWishlist for much improved recording/scheduling capabilities (this is also referred to in the thread that Cybersimian referenced above). If you do go down this route you need to be aware there there is a small issue with the way that Series/Episode numbers are presented by Schedules Direct - this was covered some time ago [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mc2xml-and-episode-numbers.137303/#post-1240683']in this thread.[/URL] I also use MP1 and have done for many years. I did look briefly at MP2 with the WMC-like skin and decided that MP1 with the standard Default WIde skin is more than adequate. I was a WMC user many years ago before I found MP1 (at that time MP2 did not exist) and rapidly decided that I preferred MP1 (and my wife actually agreed with me - and she doesn't like change!). [/QUOTE]

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