Here in the US we take for granted the free guide data that Microsoft provides for Windows 7 Media Center users, but it isn’t like that in every country of the world. Nope, in many regions of the world there is no EPG data at all and any DVR without guide data is basically a VCR. Luckily 3rd parties have filled the void and the most renown has finally starting distributing Windows 7 compatible binaries. But unlike some other great 3rd party plug-ins, Big Screen EPG comes with a price, which seems pretty reasonable if it means actually being able to use Media Center. Especially when it includes so many other features like channel logos and enhanced series matching and meta-data imports. If you still aren’t sold, you can try out a none expiring trial that simply has a subset of the features before dropping the full $20 for a 2 year family license.
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