Microsoft has just released two updates for Vista Media Center, fixing up STBs and Extenders. KB950124 adds and fixes support for newer STBs connected to Media Center, and KB950125 which adds a few Extender issues including 50Hz output fixes for those of you outside the US (no additional codec support). Grab the updates on Windows Update or download the standalone packages below.
This update provides broader Media Center support for newer
TV set-top boxes.
Download: Windows Update | 32-bit
| 64-bit
This update addresses the following issues. These issues
occur when you use Media Center on an Xbox 360 console.
- This update addresses a picture quality issue that occurs
when you use Media Center Extender on an Xbox 360 console that has a
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector to the TV for video and a
Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format (S/PDIF) connection to the audio device
for audio. - This update addresses an issue in which the Media Center
Extender stops responding (hangs) when you play a large non-WMV video over an
HTTP session. - This update provides support for 50Hz output together with
better quality for HD models. This feature applies primarily to regions that
use the PAL video standard.
Does “support for newer TV set-top boxes” mean the HDPC-20???
They FINALLY fixed the problem with overscan with HDMI and S/PDIF on the Xbox 360 Extender. More information is available here:
http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/1/270165/ShowThread.aspx
Yogi
I have the exact opposite problem as Yogi. These patches made my extender experience horrid. My analog picture was shifted down the screen giving me a black stripe across the top. My WMV-HD 1080p files no longer played full screen and “My Movies” and MCE Weather resided in windows. I uninstalled the patches and all was well….
TV: Westinghouse LVM37w1
Chris, who would I contact to inform MS of this?