[Stream Recorder]

Why do you use Windows Media Center?

Because it allows:

To watch and record your favorite TV shows on your PC?
To search for a TV show by title, keyword, category, actor or director?
To view photos and videos, listen to your music library?
To use online features?

May be something else?

[Bilskate]

Cause the new version in Windows 7 is perfect, the preview is great, I use it with a plugin (Media Browser) which get automatically the information for my series and episodes frome TheTVDB and display them with the description ... and I have a DVB-T tuner (with a great preview of programms), it allows me to switch from the TV to my Series easily.

I do not use it to record any show cause it records them in a format I don't like. To record I use DV Scheduler.

I have the remote control, of course.

[Stream Recorder]

I do not use it to record any show cause it records them in a format I don't like. To record I use DV Scheduler.

Media Portal is a free alternative to Windows Media Center. It only started supporting Windows 7. It can record video to formats you will probably like.

[Bilskate]

Media Portal is a free alternative to Windows Media Center. It only started supporting Windows 7. It can record video in formats you will probably like.

I know Media Portal, I don't like it, too many bugs, doesn't work with most of the DVB-T tuners ...