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Posted by Jason Tsang on May 17, 2006, 12:19 pm
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>I am thinking about using MCE2005, I currently have Tivo and would like to
>eventually do away with Tivo if MCE can do what I want. I've looked around
>online and all the FAQs I've found seem to gleam over specifics about what
>I am wondering.
>
> 1) Will I be able to record a show and copy it to my laptop to watch
> later?
If the show is not marked as copy protected, then yes. Just make sure you
have a DVD Decoder installed on your laptop.
> 2) Will I be able to burn a recorded show(s) to a DVD to watch in a DVD
> player without any extra conversion steps?
You'd need to convert it to DVD format. There are lots of software that
will assist you in this.
> 3) Is burning a recorded show to a DVD (to watchin a DVD player) supported
> natively or not? Some times it seems like it is, but others say I would
> need to use a 3rd party burning program.
Inbox, no. You need additional software that doesn't come with MCE2005 by
default
> 4) Is there away to configure how often the channel guide is downloaded to
> make sure the data is as up-to-date as possible?
MCE will try to download the EPG daily.
> 5) Does MCE handle scheduling like Tivo's Season Pass, where shows are
> ranked in priority and if two or more overlap at the same time, it will
> find it at a later time in the schedule and get it then based on the rank
> on the list?
Yes, there is a recording priority (it is listed in the MCE Help)
> 6) I plan on using my XBOX360 to extend MCE into my living room. Can I
> setup all the settings via the extender or will I have to go into the PC's
> MCE interface to setup recordings or something else? (I know I cant remote
> desktop)
You can setup your recordings via the Xbox 360 (in extender mode)
> TYIA
>
> ::CORY::
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