TV pauses

I just bought a Hp 8300 with the Windows media center running Vista.
If I try and watch the TV, it will pause and need to restart the computer
to use the computer. It just locks up. Hp Tech support had me install new
drivers, then they had me do the reinstall to original settings.. It worked
until I tried to record, then it locked up again and the TV doesn't work
again. It will lock up after watching the TV about 15 seconds.
I returned the computer and got another one, it does the same thing,
Tech support told me I had a bad tuner (on 2 computers?) they sent
me a new tuner, that didn't work. Then they said I needed to reinstall
the factory settings from the disk, they sent that to me and that did not
fix the problem.
The computer did not come with a new monitor and I am using a Sony
flatscreen, its about 4 years old. Is that my problem? I'm going to take
the computer to the store and let them see if they can make it work
with a new monitor. Any ideas would be great.

Try changing the resolution you are sending to your monitor to a lower
value.
If running MC in full screen mode try running it in a window.
"Gjack" <> wrote in message
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>I just bought a Hp 8300 with the Windows media center running Vista.
> If I try and watch the TV, it will pause and need to restart the computer
> to use the computer. It just locks up. Hp Tech support had me install new
> drivers, then they had me do the reinstall to original settings.. It
> worked
> until I tried to record, then it locked up again and the TV doesn't work
> again. It will lock up after watching the TV about 15 seconds.
> I returned the computer and got another one, it does the same thing,
> Tech support told me I had a bad tuner (on 2 computers?) they sent
> me a new tuner, that didn't work. Then they said I needed to reinstall
> the factory settings from the disk, they sent that to me and that did not
> fix the problem.
> The computer did not come with a new monitor and I am using a Sony
> flatscreen, its about 4 years old. Is that my problem? I'm going to take
> the computer to the store and let them see if they can make it work
> with a new monitor. Any ideas would be great.

I tried to lower the resolution to less than 50%, it was maxed out, but it
made no
change. Still locked up the computer in about 15 seconds. As far as running
it in
a window or a smaller screen, I don't think I have that option. If you go to
the
windows media center and click on TV, its the complete monitor and you can
do nothing else with the computer but watch TV.
but thanks for trying

"Curious" wrote:

> Try changing the resolution you are sending to your monitor to a lower
> value.
> If running MC in full screen mode try running it in a window.
> "Gjack" <> wrote in message
> news:736AA98B-EC77-488F-8D64-...
> >I just bought a Hp 8300 with the Windows media center running Vista.
> > If I try and watch the TV, it will pause and need to restart the computer
> > to use the computer. It just locks up. Hp Tech support had me install new
> > drivers, then they had me do the reinstall to original settings.. It
> > worked
> > until I tried to record, then it locked up again and the TV doesn't work
> > again. It will lock up after watching the TV about 15 seconds.
> > I returned the computer and got another one, it does the same thing,
> > Tech support told me I had a bad tuner (on 2 computers?) they sent
> > me a new tuner, that didn't work. Then they said I needed to reinstall
> > the factory settings from the disk, they sent that to me and that did not
> > fix the problem.
> > The computer did not come with a new monitor and I am using a Sony
> > flatscreen, its about 4 years old. Is that my problem? I'm going to take
> > the computer to the store and let them see if they can make it work
> > with a new monitor. Any ideas would be great.
>

When you are running MC in full screen look closely in the upper right hand
corner oft the screen and you should see the Restore Icon which will change
MC to run in a window when you select it.
"Gjack" <> wrote in message
news:184A89DB-CA6F-4ED6-8356-...
>I tried to lower the resolution to less than 50%, it was maxed out, but it
> made no
> change. Still locked up the computer in about 15 seconds. As far as
> running
> it in
> a window or a smaller screen, I don't think I have that option. If you go
> to
> the
> windows media center and click on TV, its the complete monitor and you can
> do nothing else with the computer but watch TV.
> but thanks for trying
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Try changing the resolution you are sending to your monitor to a lower
>> value.
>> If running MC in full screen mode try running it in a window.
>> "Gjack" <> wrote in message
>> news:736AA98B-EC77-488F-8D64-...
>> >I just bought a Hp 8300 with the Windows media center running Vista.
>> > If I try and watch the TV, it will pause and need to restart the
>> > computer
>> > to use the computer. It just locks up. Hp Tech support had me install
>> > new
>> > drivers, then they had me do the reinstall to original settings.. It
>> > worked
>> > until I tried to record, then it locked up again and the TV doesn't
>> > work
>> > again. It will lock up after watching the TV about 15 seconds.
>> > I returned the computer and got another one, it does the same thing,
>> > Tech support told me I had a bad tuner (on 2 computers?) they sent
>> > me a new tuner, that didn't work. Then they said I needed to reinstall
>> > the factory settings from the disk, they sent that to me and that did
>> > not
>> > fix the problem.
>> > The computer did not come with a new monitor and I am using a Sony
>> > flatscreen, its about 4 years old. Is that my problem? I'm going to
>> > take
>> > the computer to the store and let them see if they can make it work
>> > with a new monitor. Any ideas would be great.
>>

In Media Center, click on the icon next to the X in the upper right corner
and you size the Media Center window just as you can in other programs.

You may want to post your problem to microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter.

Don



"Gjack" <> wrote in message
news:184A89DB-CA6F-4ED6-8356-...
>I tried to lower the resolution to less than 50%, it was maxed out, but it
> made no
> change. Still locked up the computer in about 15 seconds. As far as
> running
> it in
> a window or a smaller screen, I don't think I have that option. If you go
> to
> the
> windows media center and click on TV, its the complete monitor and you can
> do nothing else with the computer but watch TV.
> but thanks for trying
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Try changing the resolution you are sending to your monitor to a lower
>> value.
>> If running MC in full screen mode try running it in a window.
>> "Gjack" <> wrote in message
>> news:736AA98B-EC77-488F-8D64-...
>> >I just bought a Hp 8300 with the Windows media center running Vista.
>> > If I try and watch the TV, it will pause and need to restart the
>> > computer
>> > to use the computer. It just locks up. Hp Tech support had me install
>> > new
>> > drivers, then they had me do the reinstall to original settings.. It
>> > worked
>> > until I tried to record, then it locked up again and the TV doesn't
>> > work
>> > again. It will lock up after watching the TV about 15 seconds.
>> > I returned the computer and got another one, it does the same thing,
>> > Tech support told me I had a bad tuner (on 2 computers?) they sent
>> > me a new tuner, that didn't work. Then they said I needed to reinstall
>> > the factory settings from the disk, they sent that to me and that did
>> > not
>> > fix the problem.
>> > The computer did not come with a new monitor and I am using a Sony
>> > flatscreen, its about 4 years old. Is that my problem? I'm going to
>> > take
>> > the computer to the store and let them see if they can make it work
>> > with a new monitor. Any ideas would be great.
>>