So I got my hands on a copy of these updates for Media Center and I’ll be honest, I’m not too thrilled.  The only thing that seems to have benefitted me is the wtv file format.  It shaves a good 5-10% off the file size.  They also changed the setup sequence for tuners a bit, but they still don’t support hybrid tuners.  This means I still have to hack MCE to use my ATI 600 USB.  Supposedly it adds support for ClearQAM broadcasts buy since I live in a college dorm, there is barely cable, let alone ClearQAM.   So once again there is hype and no follow through from Microsoft on one of their flagship products.  I guess all the programmers went to work on IE8.  Let me know if anybody else has had any better experiences.
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