Sounds like a driver problem. TV cards are notoriously fickle when it comes
to new operating systems.

Have you located a stable Vista compatible driver for your TV? Because most
TV cards don't yet have drivers for Vista.

Bobby

"PFS" <PFS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF8C2A98-2AB2-426D-8D3D-0233D0BA00A3@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Thanks for the reply: however, I am not running RC1 - I am running RTM -
> obtained via MSDN subscription. This is the real deal.
>
> Secondly, I am not sure if the TV works or not - the problem is that when
> I
> attempt to do a "TV Setup" (e.g. set tuners, specify locality for TV
> guide
> etc), Media Center crashes.
>
>
>
> "michail iakovou yos" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> [url]http://news.com.com/Vista+testers+get+unexpected+holiday+gift+No+TV/2100-1016_3-6147259.html?tag=html.alert[/url]
>>
>> Some people testing Microsoft's Windows Vista got an unexpected holiday
>> surprise: Their TVs stopped working.
>>
>> Media Center, which is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate versions
>> of
>> the Vista operating system, allows remote-control access to a variety of
>> entertainment options, including television, for machines that have a TV
>> tuner.
>> "PFS" <PFS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:05957590-E196-4842-A205-9CFBC211BE47@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> >I have installed Vista Ultimate RTM and it worked fine for a while.
>> >After
>> >a
>> > Windows Update pushed a change, Media Center no longer recognized that
>> > TV
>> > Setup had been completed and every time I try to run TV Setup, Media
>> > Center
>> > crashes. I rolled back the update - but the problem still occurs.
>> >
>> > Help anyone? Pretty annoying that a system works then is broken by an
>> > update, pushed by the vendor.[/color]
>>
>>
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