If you use Windows Media Center on your home theatre PC you can configure it to run via voice commands using macros for Windows 7’s built-in speech recognition software. But just how far can you take that approach?
It’s frustrating that Media Centre only displays seven television channels in the program guide at a time, especially if it’s part of a home theatre setup. This hack adds more channels to the program guide for easier living-room browsing.
I love messing with settings and geeky file-sharing programs. My spouse doesn’t, but digs Hulu and appreciates free. So I set up a media centre that satisfies my geek cravings but is actually easy-to-use for non-nerds. Here’s what I pieced together.