I *ahem* acquired the Windows 7 beta this week and decided to do a fresh install of my HD HTPC. My reasons:
- Vista came out with a TV pack that was supposed to include QAM support but it wasn't that great.
- I was going to rebuild anyhow since I'd beat up this install through multiple codec tests, etc.
So far this thing blows Vista away! And it makes me feel a bit closer to the old ReplayTV days.
Replayesque -
- Guide allows one button recording while a second push sets repeat recording.
- While you have the default record settings you can tweak quality, as well as how to handle reruns.
- In the final version multiple Windows 7 PC's will be allowed to share/stream content to each other.
- FF, REW, 30 Sec Skip, Instant Replay (before I was capturing from firewire for HD so no ff, just 30 sec skip).
- I accidentally rebooted the PC while it was recording something. It had no problem playing back the pre or post boot content (recovered nicely).
What I miss -
- Commercial skip (don't know if a third party app will work like dvr-ms yet)
- Timeshift sort of works on my AMD 2.4ghz with an underpowerd video card but I think I'll have to at least get a card that offloads some work to the GPU.
The bonus round -
- Seemless QAM tuner support
- I can finally play home movies from my JVC Everio with no issues
- I have yet to load a third party codec and everything is smooth.
- A true media server
- The whole package greatly increases the WAF (meaning she'll even run the remote now!).
- Vista came out with a TV pack that was supposed to include QAM support but it wasn't that great.
- I was going to rebuild anyhow since I'd beat up this install through multiple codec tests, etc.
So far this thing blows Vista away! And it makes me feel a bit closer to the old ReplayTV days.
Replayesque -
- Guide allows one button recording while a second push sets repeat recording.
- While you have the default record settings you can tweak quality, as well as how to handle reruns.
- In the final version multiple Windows 7 PC's will be allowed to share/stream content to each other.
- FF, REW, 30 Sec Skip, Instant Replay (before I was capturing from firewire for HD so no ff, just 30 sec skip).
- I accidentally rebooted the PC while it was recording something. It had no problem playing back the pre or post boot content (recovered nicely).
What I miss -
- Commercial skip (don't know if a third party app will work like dvr-ms yet)
- Timeshift sort of works on my AMD 2.4ghz with an underpowerd video card but I think I'll have to at least get a card that offloads some work to the GPU.
The bonus round -
- Seemless QAM tuner support
- I can finally play home movies from my JVC Everio with no issues
- I have yet to load a third party codec and everything is smooth.
- A true media server
- The whole package greatly increases the WAF (meaning she'll even run the remote now!).