Media Frustration
I spent the last half of yesterday doing a fresh reinstall of Windows XP on the Media PC. I installed the necessary applications, codecs and updates to run GB-PVR. I was able to tune in most of the local channels on the tuner.
And the damn thing wouldn't show any TV, and kept crashing. There were error messages all the time. When Kevin finally looked at it he changed some BIOS settings, discovered that a memory chip wasn't plugged in correctly and then... ...it went blank. He got it working on the spare monitor but not the TV.
Sigh. I gave up last night. I'm not even going to look at the thing today. It's been (mostly, since I was able to watch video on the net on it) a source of frustration ever since Kevin put it together before the Xmas break. And I've been ill, during and after that process, and really not up to this crap.
At least I have a "spare" in my bedroom. I can watch videos, DVDs and digital TV in there. But not in the lounge.