How to stop Media Center from buffering live TV for 30 min..

Hi,

How do I stop Media Center from buffering for 30 minutes a live TV picture.
I do not want to rewind or pause the picture, so there is no need to buffer.
This will help preserve the hard drive's life.

Any advice woud be much appreciated.

This has been asked many times on this forum and currently MS does not have
a "direct" view for the tuner. Though the whole point of the PVR is to be
able to rewind/pause/etc., so MS has not built in an option to watch TV
without it. I wouldn't worry about the drive life; I have drives in file
servers that get constant heavy access and they are 5-8 years old. The hard
drive will probably outlast your system. Some hard drive fail, but I don't
think there is a direct correlation to usage.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida

"Richard Kunz" <RichardKunz.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> How do I stop Media Center from buffering for 30 minutes a live TV
> picture.
> I do not want to rewind or pause the picture, so there is no need to
> buffer.
> This will help preserve the hard drive's life.
>
> Any advice woud be much appreciated.