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<blockquote data-quote="jbhifi" data-source="post: 315121" data-attributes="member: 83478">Hi. First post here. I have spent the last few weeks messing about with MS MCE 2005 and MediaPortal and have found to have had a much nicer time with media portal. MP picks up all my tv channels unlike MCE2005. I have a question about HD TV though. I am using an old laptop with a 1.8mhz AMD Sempron and 2 gb of RAM. It also uses an onboard video chip which shares system memory (128mb) . I just assumed that it wouldn't be able to handle HD because of its low specs. However I am able to tune to SBS HD (Australia) without a problem but ABC, 7, 9 and 10 are no good. Is the SBS signal somehow different? Or would I be looking at signal quality issues? The other question I have is regarding a Compro USB u300 TV stick. I have no trouble tuning the stations but I cannot record and watch another channel at the same time. I am able to do this with the original Compro software though. Is this because the compro software is doing something that MediaPortal is unaware of how to do?Any help appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jbhifi, post: 315121, member: 83478"] Hi. First post here. I have spent the last few weeks messing about with MS MCE 2005 and MediaPortal and have found to have had a much nicer time with media portal. MP picks up all my tv channels unlike MCE2005. I have a question about HD TV though. I am using an old laptop with a 1.8mhz AMD Sempron and 2 gb of RAM. It also uses an onboard video chip which shares system memory (128mb) . I just assumed that it wouldn't be able to handle HD because of its low specs. However I am able to tune to SBS HD (Australia) without a problem but ABC, 7, 9 and 10 are no good. Is the SBS signal somehow different? Or would I be looking at signal quality issues? The other question I have is regarding a Compro USB u300 TV stick. I have no trouble tuning the stations but I cannot record and watch another channel at the same time. I am able to do this with the original Compro software though. Is this because the compro software is doing something that MediaPortal is unaware of how to do? Any help appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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