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Windows Media Centre TV
Si_Crewe
26-10-2010
Just wondering, anybody else played with this yet?

I had a dabble with it but there really didn't seem to be much worth watching on it.
The Young Ones wasn't as funny as I remembered it.

You'd think that, with Freeview being, erm, free they'd have done a deal to transmit Freeview channels on WMC.
hanssolo
26-10-2010
When Ashley Highfield, left the BBC to join Microsoft and MSN TV a deal to show some BBC programmes was made, but seesaw and iunes seems to have more of the better programmes, but are chargeable!
TV can be streamed live from the BBC , ITV,ch4 and ch5 players, so why do it from a 3rd party like Microsoft, but notice they have a chargeable subscription deal with Sky!
tellytart1
26-10-2010
Originally Posted by Si_Crewe:
“Just wondering, anybody else played with this yet?

I had a dabble with it but there really didn't seem to be much worth watching on it.
The Young Ones wasn't as funny as I remembered it.

You'd think that, with Freeview being, erm, free they'd have done a deal to transmit Freeview channels on WMC.”

They do - put a freeview tuner in your PC and you can watch freeview in Media Centre - it'll even let you record it!
Si_Crewe
26-10-2010
Originally Posted by tellytart1:
“They do - put a freeview tuner in your PC and you can watch freeview in Media Centre - it'll even let you record it!”

But why would I want to go to the trouble of doing that (running the aerial wire through the house to my PC) when I can stream free stuff off the beeb and ITV anyway?

Just seems like a wasted opportunity to not have it set up to play all that stuff through the MSN player.
r_mitchell85
12-11-2010
how do you even get it working at all?

every time ive been on it, it just says "this video content is not available"
c4rv
14-11-2010
Originally Posted by Si_Crewe:
“But why would I want to go to the trouble of doing that (running the aerial wire through the house to my PC) when I can stream free stuff off the beeb and ITV anyway?

Just seems like a wasted opportunity to not have it set up to play all that stuff through the MSN player.”

because streaming tv eats into your allowance if you are on limited BB
neo_wales
02-12-2010
Catchup TV if free freeview. You can watch on a PC or download an add on and install it to media centre, works fine.

http://www.tvcatchup.com/

Free to sign up and use

For MC

http://plugins.tvcatchup.com/~mce/
scruffpot
19-12-2010
http://www.milliesoft.co.uk/index.ph...ware&Itemid=11

tunerfree mce?

as the website says

TunerFreeMCE is a Windows Media Center add-in for watching streaming internet TV programs on your PC and Media Center Extender. For UK users, it has support for live TV and catch up programs from the UK's main TV providers (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five), as well as all of the BBC Radio stations. It also has support for the recently launched MSN Video Player in the UK. For US users, it has support for the full Hulu catalogue of TV programs, all through an easy to use Media Center interface.
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