How to Record One Show While Watching Another on a Media Center PC

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Tip 1 - Set recording options in Windows Media Center

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jason Cairns | permalink

Learn how to customize how TV shows and series are recorded in Windows Media Center, including where they are stored and when they are automatically deleted.

For further reading: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/set-recording-options-in-windows-media-center ^[1]

Tip 2 - Record TV in Windows Media Center - Windows Help

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rudi Maassen | permalink

Learn how to record live TV shows and movies in Windows Media Center. Record one TV show or a TV series.

For further reading: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/record-tv-media-center ^[2]

Tip 3 - Confirmed: Media Center is Dead - Thurrott.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kona 051 | permalink

It’s true: Microsoft’s Gabe Aul confirmed this week that Media Center will not move forward to Windows 10.

For further reading: https://www.thurrott.com/windows/3319/confirmed-media-center-is-dead ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Pick the Right TV Tuner for Your DIY DVR

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Graalbones | permalink

You can pay a monthly fee to your cable provider for a time-shifting DVR, but if you prefer control and flexibility to DRM and, well, that monthly fee, you can roll your own DVR with a TV tuner for your PC.
Tags: Media Center, Television, TV Tuner, TV, Windows Media Center, Streaming Television, Windows, windows 7, Vista, TiVo, DVR, Windows Media, Buying Guide, Feature, Top, Gizmodo, Lifehacker

For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5632722/how-to-pick-the-right-tv-tuner-for-your-diy-dvr ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Record Multiple Shows At Once with a Media Center PC | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by King Eben | permalink

Windows Media Center PC allows you to have great entertainment in comfort. It facilitates recording of multiple live TV shows simultaneously. This key function of synchronous recording is possible due to the multiple tuners in the system. The Media Center PC 2005 version that has become popular in the United States supports two standard tuners. The...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_2001808_record-multiple-shows.html ^[5]

Tip 6 - The How-To Geek Guide to Windows 7 Media Center

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by tiago alves | permalink

If you’ve moved from XP to Windows 7, this might be the first time you’ve had access to Media Center. Here we’ve created a guide for our best tips, tricks, and tutorials for using Windows 7 Media Center.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27329/complete-guide-to-windows-7-media-center/ ^[6]