Timothy Daleo

Sorry about the chair comment. As I sit on the floor writing this, I get it. Finally got here and waiting to meet up with...

Last week my ATI Digital Cable Tuner stop receiving almost all of my Expanded Basic channels from Charter. I was told by the cable tech that Charter recently changed how they broadcast channels and that this change was probably the cause. Crap.

This is the third of five (?) articles about my Windows Media Center build in anticipation of the new Ceton CableCARD tuner release. Tonight I will be talking about the drives, memory and OS that will be installed into the Alienware P2 Chassis.

After a bunch of beers on Thanksgiving Day, and 20% Bing Cashback, I ordered a Zino HD from Dell. Well, I am already a Dell guy so it was not like I drunk-dialed. Anyway, after a month of waiting it finally arrived this week! The cost after Bing was $199.

A little fable for your enjoyment…

So you made a backup. Now what? What do you do with it?

This weekend fellow UWHS writer fasthair gave me the secret decoder ring for our AC3 filter issue. After a quick installation, my WHS was creating copies of new Recorded TV for my Zune and placing them in my WHS Videos folder. The functionality of Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server and Zune is now working! Thank you fasthair!

This is the second of five articles about my Windows Media Center build in anticipation of the new Ceton CableCARD tuner release. Tonight I will be discussing the motherboard, CPU and cooling fan that will be installed into the Alienware P2 Chassis.