That sounds like a very impressive system (compared with my old TV card that only works in W95 and doesn' tune channels properly). Can't have everything. PcCowboy wrote: >>Hi Pen >> >>I have been using the Winfast XP2000 for a year now. Some of the things >>that you mentioned got me confused. >>Timeshifting has to do with the recording of the program. If your >>computer is fast enough you are able to >>record a TV program and watch it at the same time on your computer >>monitor. In other words, you can hit record >>and watch it. If you have to leave you can hit pause and it will still >>be recording, but the part you are watching >>will stop. Then you come back and start watching it again from where you >>left off, but in the background >>it is still recording the rest of the program. >> The setting for normal, good, and optimal is the setting for the >>quality of the recording. I myself have never used >>the timeshifting mode. I just use the normal record mode. I set it to >>record at vcd format (mpg) then burn it to cd >>and watch it in my DVD player later on. >> >> -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.