screen shuts off with windows media center

I found a solution for the black screen in Windows media center. I'm using Windows 8.1. I had turned on the hibernation option in the power options. I think my computer went into hibernation during the recording of a TV program. I turned off the hibernation option and my screen is back. I...

When I open windows media center, all I get is a black screen. I can hear the sounds associated with it opening, and if I move the mouse around I can hear little chimes and what not as I scroll over things. It's as if its running correctly just not displaying. The PC is a 3 year old Dell...

I imagine I am not the first person to ask/complain about this, but I scoured the Forum for a solution, and couldn't find one - so please be patient. Why can't I "split screen" my Media Center window? By that, I mean - why can't I drag it to the side of the screen and have it take up half the...

I'm having an issue with Media Center in Windows 7 on my HTPC. I made some changes recently by upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate from Vista Ultimate and I chnaged from using the SVideo connection between the HTPC and the TV (42" LCD) to DVI out of the HTPV to HDMI in on the TV (TV does not have a...

This is a little embarrassing, but I can't seem to find out what some of the on screen control are doing when watching live TV. That is, the small coloured button on the left hand side of the screen, to the left of the Text TV button. Also, the two button to the left of the coloured button, I am...