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Short Bits: Debug Menus, TV Pack OEMs, Hurricane

I survived Ike without any damage here in Katy, sadly that can’t be said for the rest of the Houston and Galveston areas.

Ever wonder which of your dozen TV tuners is being used to tune the program you are watching?  If you have the TV Pack there is a bit of a hack that you can do in order to find out.  First spotted by Dave at The Green Button, type 411 and then press More Info in order to access Microsoft’s debug menu.

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A lot of people have been asking about the TV Pack on CableCARD PCs from Dell and HP.  While I have no inside information on the subject, I have doubts that either will be shipping the TV Pack at all.  Media Center is not HP or Dells business, and as it involves creating a new image for their machines I fall to understand why either would bother.  I might be wrong, but I wouldn’t hold out for a Dell or HP with the TV Pack.  If a TV Pack machine is what you are after, you are most likely going to want one of these OEMs.

Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/

Comments

 

ARobinso0502 said:

Or you can just hit the "H" key on the attached keyboard.
September 14, 2008 7:08 PM
 

hamiltonguy said:

Hi Chris,
Glad to hear you and your home are OK.  The images from TV are unreal.  
September 15, 2008 7:51 PM


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