Windows Media Center ? - DPChallenge Forums

01/01/2006 01:19:21 PM · #1

I got a new puter with win med cen. my questsion is can i splint the cable that runs into my cable modem and have one go to the modem and one to the back of my graphics card, will that work or do i have to have a seperate cable for both of them

also if you have any thing to say about win med centr would be great.

Thanks

01/01/2006 01:22:32 PM · #2

Yes... it will work... just buy a good quality splitter and cables.

01/01/2006 01:24:10 PM · #3

Great, Also, can this media center thing replace my DVR box, since i am paying my cable company for dvr, can i just record my shows to my hard drive then burn them for later.

01/01/2006 01:25:05 PM · #4

Woohoo! Thanks for asking this. I've been meaning to ask this for awhile. I've had my Media Center m1070n for 1 1/2 years now and it's awesome...but will be even more awesome when I actually hook up the TV and get that working. I just ordered a 300gb Personal Media Drive as a backup and that should be arriving in a few days. Good luck with yours Troy!

Message edited by author 2006-01-01 13:26:55.

01/01/2006 01:26:22 PM · #5

Originally posted by TroyMosley:

Great, Also, can this media center thing replace my DVR box, since i am paying my cable company for dvr, can i just record my shows to my hard drive then burn them for later.

As mentioned, I'm not hooked up to the TV yet with this, but from my understanding, yes, you can program and record to DVDs or harddrives and I think you can also set it to NOT record the commercials. This will be fun! :-) I'm sure you'll be hooked up before me so let me know how it goes, if you will.

01/01/2006 01:27:50 PM · #6

Originally posted by TroyMosley:

Great, Also, can this media center thing replace my DVR box, since i am paying my cable company for dvr, can i just record my shows to my hard drive then burn them for later.

Also, YUP! :-) Just full of good news today, aren't I?

01/01/2006 01:29:39 PM · #7

when i figure this out i will post it here,
footman, real quick,

my cable comes from my wall into a splitter, from there one cable goes to the tv, and one cable goes to my modem,
now from the modem side i CAN split it and work

does it matter if the cable is already split from the wall,

01/01/2006 01:29:55 PM · #8

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

OMG, I just saw your profile pic! Scarrrrrrrrrr-y! :-)

01/01/2006 01:35:31 PM · #9

nah, it doesn't matter... the truth is there are probably spliters all over your house.

However, since you have a splitter after it comes from the wall, I'd replace it with a 3-way splitter with a cable for your cable modem, TV and cable input on your computer. The fewer splitters in the mix, the less chance for noise.

01/01/2006 01:36:56 PM · #10

Ok great, thanks for you help thats what i will do.

01/01/2006 01:47:08 PM · #11

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

OMG, I just saw your profile pic! Scarrrrrrrrrr-y! :-)

Yup, and it's staying up til I ribbon ... lol ... so ya'll remember that when you are voting ;-)

01/03/2006 12:38:04 PM · #12

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

Originally posted by TroyMosley:
Great, Also, can this media center thing replace my DVR box, since i am paying my cable company for dvr, can i just record my shows to my hard drive then burn them for later.

As mentioned, I'm not hooked up to the TV yet with this, but from my understanding, yes, you can program and record to DVDs or harddrives and I think you can also set it to NOT record the commercials. This will be fun! :-) I'm sure you'll be hooked up before me so let me know how it goes, if you will.

It works fine, i downloaded my local tv guide and everything and i just set it to record, as far as the comercial thing im not sure,
the quality isnt like your TV but its cool to record a whole season of a show and be able to burn it on disk, NOT TO BOOT LEG BUT TO KEEP FOR YOURSELF< i dont want this thread to turn into a debate about it,

01/03/2006 05:47:11 PM · #13

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

OMG, I just saw your profile pic! Scarrrrrrrrrr-y! :-)

Yup, and it's staying up til I ribbon ... lol ... so ya'll remember that when you are voting ;-)

LOL! Oh, so it's not really you? ;-)

01/03/2006 05:48:50 PM · #14

Originally posted by TroyMosley:

It works fine, i downloaded my local tv guide and everything and i just set it to record, as far as the comercial thing im not sure, the quality isnt like your TV but its cool to record a whole season of a show and be able to burn it on disk, NOT TO BOOT LEG BUT TO KEEP FOR YOURSELF< i dont want this thread to turn into a debate about it,

What's that? You're bootlegging what? lol

Sounds awesome. Now I'll have to make it a point to go buy a splitter this weekend. How much are they? $10 or something?

When you were recording were there other things open or no? Just wondering if shutting programs down would give a better picture?

01/03/2006 05:48:58 PM · #15

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

OMG, I just saw your profile pic! Scarrrrrrrrrr-y! :-)

Yup, and it's staying up til I ribbon ... lol ... so ya'll remember that when you are voting ;-)

LOL! Oh, so it's not really you? ;-)

Yup, it IS really me ... :-D