My Media Center PC continues to move slowly towards full capacity.
I'm still not quite there though. Last night I did some more fiddling. I've found that setting the s-video output on my newly installed Nvidia card to NTSC actually produces a better picture than using PAL. I've also found that using the MCE Config Reset tool I discovered online has put the "toolbars" back to where they should be. Divx video works brilliantly too, producing a perfectly watchable picture on my Sony Wega TV.
The only problem I have now is that the Sweetspot TV card doesn't pick up digital television terribly well through my aerial. In actual fact, I've noticed that certain channels on the Wega's IDTV aren't quite right, with distortion and flickering being quite visible. My conclusion: I need to fit a new aerial. Hopefully once that's done, the Sweetspot and IDTV will function correctly, and I can start to record some programs on the Media PC.
But I'm getting there. I've ordered a Media Center remote to make life easier when watching video on there. If the worst comes to the worst, I'll probably leave the Media Center in place just to stream and copy media to, rather than record on. Hopefully my aerial upgrade will
