Happy Christmas Everyone!

PC Scare

My PC decided to do some weirdness last night. It couldn't load up my profile presumably because my registry was corrupted.

I panicked for a while and contemplated re-installing Vista but after a while I tried System Restore and that set things straight.

According to the internets, some applications installing/un-installing can leave handles open in the registry that cause the aforementioned problems.

TV Card

I managed to get the Hauppauge TV card in my PC back in action last night.

I've left it for some time because I didn't want to have to run coax across the room but there was no choice.

It's only the cable (not digital) feed from the set top box but it's better than nothing and now we can schedule it to record shows or even entire series.

VNV Gig

VNV Nation absolutely fantastic last night though it did leave me a little deaf afterwards but that's clearing now.

And if rain brings winds of change...

VNV Nation are playing tonight in town.

Bleeptastic

More Good News

It seems the long awaited (in Europe) Xbox Video Marketplace will launch here on December 11th.

Full details at http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/Video-Marketplace-announcement-041207.htm

So that's the new dash update and video marketplace. Huzzah!

Xbox 360 Update

Lots if nice new stuff in the update, some subtle UI updates, social additions but most of more video support

Full feature list: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemupdates/20071204-features.htm

Video tech details: http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-video-playback-faq.aspx