Free Website

I'm considering setting up free blogs for MSN TV 2 users who want one. I'm still trying to figure out if there will be a screen process or how this will be handled. What will probably happen is that I will control the templates and you guys could write whatever you'd like on the site. You can have your very own blog for free! This will be ad supported of course but I think it'll breathe some life into this place and create more community here.

What do you think? Do you want a free blog? What would you talk about? Please post comments if you have something to say one way or another.

MSN TV FAQ Updated!

Most Recently Answered
2005-05-30 18:40 (Custom pictures in Screen Saver) I have heard there is a ... 87 views
2005-05-30 18:38 I now have broadband hooked up to my msn-2 and i ... 78 views
2005-05-30 18:36 (Backup settings to external drive) A few days ago my father ... 43 views
2005-05-30 18:36 Hi, I would like to see the drivers added for a ... 41 views
2005-05-30 18:35 Can I use a USB2 port extender as well as a ... 42 views
2005-05-30 18:35 I am getting a lot of navigation errors. Is this the ... 49 views
2005-05-30 18:35 (Streaming video with dialup) I HAVE NO PROBLEMS PLAYING MUSIC ON ... 46 views
2005-05-28 00:00 MSN TV 2 email on your PC 504 views
2005-05-27 23:53 (Diploma Pages reappear after deleting cookies) I notice everytime I delete ... 57 views
2005-05-26 00:25 (Change email display name) How do you delete your name when ... 154 views

See the answers and more at the
MSN TV 2 FAQ!

Freedom finally

After my decision to clean up the FAQ and provide only answers to technical questions (I've completely deleted the rants section and have been trimming other sections down), life is much better. I believe the FAQ is finally at a pretty useful state. Anyway, I still plan to offer some sort of self-maintaining document that users can edit at will, but have not done anything towards this yet.

I originally started the site with the intention of helping folks discover MSN TV 2 and help them along their way. The problem I ran into is that most of the folks that frequent the FAQ are WebTV veterans who just like to rant about what's different from their old box. Anyway, this gets old quite quickly and that was part of my decision to rid the FAQ of the rants. I found that while I was chasing these rants down, I started to lessen the scope of the site and therefore made it "unfun" for me.

To resolve this, I'm going to start talking more profusely on the race to transfrom TV into "the digital living room" vision that we've been hearing so much about. Quite simply, the focus of the site, just like the focus of TV is shifting. MSN TV 2 will simply be one topic of many that is discussed here (Tivo, MCE, SageTV, Xbox Live, Slingbox, etc and so forth). I'm doing this not because MSN TV 2 is boring, but because these are things I'm truly passionate about and enjoy using. If you're cool with that then I welcome you along the new path of MyTVLife.com.

Focusing the FAQ

I've been reviewing the questions and answers of the FAQ and I've decided on a few things:

1. I'm going to prune the FAQ: Rants, general comments, duplicate topics are going to be deleted. Too much junk is gunking up the efficiency of the site (and making it difficult for me to answer questions).

2. New duplicate questions are going to be deleted and I'm probably not going to respond to them. I have been sending users links to already answered questions if their questions are duplicates, but I simply don't have time to do this anymore (and I recognize that this is a symptom of the FAQ being "polluted" with dupes and random junk).

3. New questions with more than one main question will be deleted. I simply don't have time to pick out the relevant parts of the questions. Please don't ask things like: "I have a questions, how do I do X? Oh yeah, and I was wondering when Y is coming out? Btw, did you fix Z yet?" These are now going to be instantly deleted (unless one part is very relevant and easy for me to answer). It takes me much longer to separate these posts out.

4. "When will this be available?" or "Why is this not available?" types of questions will be deleted as they eat up my and other coworkers valuable time. I may choose to respond to you in email, but they won't be added to the site.

5. Rants will be deleted without response. The original intention was for the site to be a technical reference...an encyclopedia if you will. Rants pollute the document. I understand some folks may have concerns, rants, etc. That's fine. You can email me or even use the "ask" feature of the FAQ. Just know that your post will NO LONGER be replied to on the site as it takes me and others away from the original mission of the FAQ.

6. I'm going to experiment with different formats (most likely a wiki) that would allow YOU, the reader and users of this site to help each other out. The problem is I'm not sure the collective "YOU" can handle it. With great power comes great responsibility. I'm not sure I can trust those that would use it to not pollute it with idle conversation. You see, I'm not against community or forum sites, but the reason I tend to stay away from forums is that they hamper my ability to find information quickly. I like FAQs and Wikis because they are very direct and to the point. Forums have about 10% of what I'm looking for buried in 90% of what I'm not looking for. There are similar to some of the mailing lists I subscribe to at work. I get one good email from the list and then a giant conversation ensues with tangents, curveballs, reeling-in, and final the end of the thread. While I enjoy the commaraderie, I find it a challenging format to maintain knowledge and be productive. At any rate, I'm going to try a few different wiki implementations to see which work best with MSN TV 2 and see if it makes more sense than the FAQ format.

Wife is Going to Kill Me

Yes, I know I should be getting some shut eye, but these questions have been piling up and I just had to cut the stack in half...here's the latest (shh!! keep it down so I can sleep!)

Most Recently Answered
2005-05-06 01:22 High-speed CF card: TiTommy, U R the Greatest! Have you tried ... 1 views
2005-05-06 01:19 What is happening to my msntv2???? It has crashed about 5 ... 1 views
2005-05-06 01:15 I know you said that AVI files are not officially supported ... 1 views
2005-05-06 01:11 THE MEMORY OPTION FOR MSN BOX.IS THIS CARD ALSO USED FOR ... 1 views
2005-05-06 01:05 (Hide Media Player) a few days ago i asked about connection ... 1 views
2005-05-06 01:00 Can we get the option to display the time next to ... 1 views
2005-05-06 00:59 Is it possible to print from the MSNTV 2 device to ... 1 views
2005-05-06 00:57 Why do so many people here, and in posts in MSNTV2 ... 1 views
2005-05-06 00:48 My local dealer offers an SMC WIFI USB G adapter model ... 1 views
2005-05-06 00:37 I currently pay for webtv right from my checking account,will I ... 1 views

See the answers at the MSN TV 2 FAQ

New release and new questions answered

So we got reports that the 5128.4 update caused crashing problems with a subset of our user base and that it was related to favorites. The problems did not happen with everyone, but for some it was very bad. It seems that alphabetizing favorites touches a part of the code that it used to not touch so often and that caused some bad things to happen. Anwyay, the long story short is that the bug is fixed and we're releasing another patch tonight to y'all. So rest easy, things should be much better tomorrow morning (and I'm sure you'll let me know if they are or are not).

Go to the FAQ for these answers and more!

Most Recently Answered
2005-04-21 01:04when my husband is on the msntv2 it often freezes up ...1 views
2005-04-21 00:45ALT characters17 views
2005-04-21 00:39(Shortcut keys) Are there hidden shortcut keys ie. ALT than can ...6 views
2005-04-21 00:26When selecting multiple media files to be displayed/played what is the ...6 views
2005-04-21 00:24Release 1.1.4 (build 5128.8)16 views
2005-04-21 00:20My comments is to mike hunt MSNTV2 is better than webtv ...8 views
2005-04-21 00:16(Favorites crash) Since the latest "upgrade", I have been having problems ...5 views
2005-04-21 00:06How does WebTV handled CODECs required play a video file. Media ...5 views
2005-04-20 23:17My Msntv 2 is connected to the internet by dsl. I ...8 views
2005-04-20 23:04I wish the various users were identified by user name rather ...5 views

Latest questions answered

Most Recently Answered
2005-04-15 03:10 We need to be able to access Spell check directly from ... 1 views
2005-04-15 03:08 ever since yesterday upgrade when i go to yahoo tv listings ... 1 views
2005-04-15 03:05 Video - s vs. component video I didn't see any difference ... 1 views
2005-04-15 02:56 We're now getting a message from Wells Fargo that our browser ... 1 views
2005-04-15 02:49 I would like to know why I am getting a navigation ... 1 views
2005-04-15 02:43 Is there anyway at the present time to dump the old ... 1 views
2005-04-15 02:40 (Home networking with dialup and a hub) I have a computor,me ... 1 views
2005-04-15 02:33 I just recently received a msntv2 as a gift... I am ... 1 views
2005-04-15 02:26 MSNTV2 PHOTOS ON THE NET? My original question ended up being ... 1 views
2005-04-12 18:16 i am a current subscriber to sirius satellite radio and as ... 52 views

Come and get'em while they're hot! Go to the MSN TV 2 FAQ by MyTVLife.com

MSN TV 2 1.1.3 Client and Service

MSN TV 2 has just released the latest updates to its client and service. These include some major functionality users have been asking for:

1. Cut, Copy, and Paste! No mouse required!
2. Favorites are alphabetized
3. Upload photos to Ebay adn Epson sites
4. Stability bug fixes

The update is our first patch release and it very small (upgrading takes about a minute even on dialup!)

Pardon the dust

I'm moving things around in the FAQ to fit new categories that have been created. Things will be in flux for quite sometime as there are about 500 questions to move around. I'll probably be updating the categories on the main blog to make it easier for me to bucketize my writings.

New Answers, No Foolin'!

2005-04-02 01:56 hello, i have a friend who uses webtv classic, is there ... 1 views
2005-04-02 01:46 I'm confused about "MSNTV 2" monthly fee plans. I currently pay ... 1 views
2005-04-02 01:30 Are there any plans to upgrade the MSNTV2 to pop3? I ... 1 views
2005-04-02 01:06 Will MSN TV 2 access fillable forms sites as,usually written in ... 4 views
2005-04-02 01:01 I would love to see a sig box for MSNTV2 also ... 3 views
2005-04-02 00:57 if the os on the cf card and cpu are x86 ... 3 views
2005-04-02 00:52 I started using the MSNTV2 last October, 2004, with MSN as ... 3 views
2005-04-02 00:44 Mahalo, thanks Tommy for this excellent forum which I have found ... 3 views
2005-04-02 00:40 Why is it necessary for MSN to cut off Instant Messengering ... 3 views
2005-04-02 00:37 When I try to go to HotMail, all I get is ... 3 views

See the answers and more at the MyTVLife FAQ.

Latest and Greatest

2005-03-23 09:23 I have found that when I listen to XM Radio Online, ... 1 views
2005-03-23 09:20 (MSN TV 2 Support) trying to setup msn2,and having problems,there is ... 5 views
2005-03-23 09:16 Can you access your hotmail inbox etc when you sign on ... 1 views
2005-03-23 09:13 On Yahoo Mail, we can't "reply" or "forward" at all. We ... 1 views
2005-03-23 09:08 (USB Card Readers) can a dazzle universal 6 in 1 card ... 7 views
2005-03-23 08:59 This isn't really a question. I came from MSN TV2 to ... 5 views
2005-03-23 08:49 Is it possible to have larger letters (fonts) in Q & ... 6 views
2005-03-23 08:40 Compatible USB Wireless 802.11b adapters 1321 views
2005-03-23 08:33 Some months ago I asked when or if I would ever ... 98 views
2005-03-23 06:51 I am having trouble getting into a Christian chat room in ... 8 views

See these answers and more at the MSN TV 2 FAQ

Newest FAQ Answers

Most Recently Answered
2005-03-21 00:18 I have an iomega FotoShow. Can I use it with the ... 1 views
2005-03-21 00:13 (Spam Filter) since changing to msntv2 getting extreme amount of unsolicited ... 1 views
2005-03-21 00:08 How do I "hang up" when I'm using MSNTV2? Nowhere do ... 1 views
2005-03-21 00:05 (Secret Codes) I would like to have the codes to set ... 1 views
2005-03-20 23:56 What is the difference between "Recommended" and "Supported" printers? 1 views
2005-03-20 23:54 On the WebTv Classic Keyboard there was a "TV/Video" Key that ... 1 views
2005-03-20 21:23 (Do I need a router?) I am trying to find out ... 11 views
2005-03-20 21:14 Some months ago I asked when or if I would ever ... 8 views
2005-03-20 21:09 I already have a MSN account through Verizon DSL. Do I ... 5 views
2005-03-14 13:45 MSN TV 2 Word Processor 237 views

Go to the MyTVLife FAQ to read the answers and ask your own questions.

MyTVLife.com in flux

Over the next few days, I'm going to be working on the look and feel as well as add some features to help me manage the site a little bit more easily. I'm also considering switching the FAQ mechanism for something more robust, but I'll have to see about that because that would mean migrating all of the current questions over to something new and that would be quite tedious.

Anyway, I'm telling everyone this information because things may look different or break completely while I work on these things...please be patient.

Happy Birthday to Me

So what did I do for my 30th birthday? Write a mini word-processing application that works with MSN TV 2 of course. It's currently very light on features...I just made the text wrap properly, although in the future I may figure out a way to get the box to not print the date and URL (probably by creating a word doc or something like that).

Anyway, caveats:
This is unsupported. Use at your own risk. I may make upgrades in the future or I may not. Just give it a try.

MyTVLife.com's MSN TV 2 Word Processor.

PS Click GoogleAds if you find it useful.

New MSN TV 2 FAQ entries

2005-03-10 10:25 Is box stability a major priority? I have to use Alt ... 14 views
2005-03-10 10:17 I have just got MSNTV2 for my birthday! I was so ... 7 views
2005-03-09 23:30 Why did microsoft decide not to include the full screen option ... 23 views
2005-03-09 23:25 My refresh button on the keyboard doesn't work. It sends to ... 18 views
2005-03-09 23:22 Will we ever be able to access alt. discuss in future ... 19 views
2005-03-09 23:16 I recently found a device at SAM's club which allows you ... 27 views
2005-03-09 14:26 Your answers to the most basic questions re MSNTV2 units tell ... 65 views
2005-03-07 07:43 Would like to see more audio and video files campatability and ... 81 views
2005-03-07 07:37 I just bought a epson c66 printer and cannot do photo ... 45 views
2005-03-06 01:13 currently i am using the msntv2 with dial-up and i am ... 162 views

Go see the answers at the MSN TV 2 FAQ

Do you have your own question? Ask it here.

FAQ updated!

Here are the 10 most recently answered questions:

2005-03-03 07:36 can you give me any info on how to upload pics ... 28 views
2005-03-03 07:23 Does Philips Magnavox make a MSN TV2 unit? All I have ... 13 views
2005-03-03 07:16 In my e-mail folder, The Tip on Trash Can is that ... 14 views
2005-03-03 07:13 Now that we have spell check and "Thanks MSN Team" all ... 8 views
2005-03-03 07:04 Is it feesible for the new box to eventually have a ... 28 views
2005-03-03 06:58 Why with an MSN TV2 and an HP 6550 printer can ... 10 views
2005-03-03 06:46 Can you give me a e-mail site for information and complaints ... 12 views
2005-03-03 06:44 I can not go to Citi Cards web page. The web ... 10 views
2005-03-03 06:39 How do I SET the clock, and be able to check ... 13 views
2005-02-24 02:37 This is the second time that Customer Service has told me ... 227 views

See the answers at the MyTVLife.com MSN TV 2 FAQ

MSNTV2 FAQ mega update

I just ran through a super duper update of the FAQ (well, just plowed through most of the pending questions...ask more soon!).

2005-02-15 02:38I currently am on the Dishplayer 500, which has the webtv ...1 views
2005-02-15 02:30The old webtv supported MIDI music files. As you most likely ...3 views
2005-02-15 02:23How much does MSN TV 2 cost?1103 views
2005-02-15 02:19RE: "VIEW BLOCKED IMAGES AND MAKE THE LINKS WORK" function in ...4 views
2005-02-15 02:15I was at overstock.com today and found that I could not ...3 views
2005-02-15 02:12i recently purchased a msntv2 abd also signed up for qwest ...3 views
2005-02-15 02:07Does the msn 2 offer any faster reception than my existing ...4 views
2005-02-15 02:03I have been trying to access a military paysite. I was ...4 views
2005-02-15 01:43If im playing back albums (like concert albums) from my computer ...3 views
2005-02-15 01:25this is the 2nd time in 2 days that my msntv2 ...3 views

Read the answers at: http://MyTVLife.com/faq

Wheels for Sale

Just liquidating some wheels for my friend (he works at a tire shop and has had these things sitting in his home for a while)

eBay item 7951471786 (Ends Feb-07-05 06:54:40 PST) - CHROME!!! Enkei LM1 18"x7.5" 5-114.3 NEVER USED!! LR!
eBay item 7951473111 (Ends Feb-07-05 07:05:05 PST) - Acura TSX 17" Factory Stock Wheel NO RESERVE!! HURRY!
eBay item 7951474017 (Ends Feb-07-05 07:12:26 PST) - Mazda 3 Mazda3 Factory Original Wheels SetOf4!!

Toilet explosion...the saga

Where have I been you ask? Read on:
Part 1
Part 2

Need One More...

Seriously...I need just one more sign up for the free ipod...next person to get credit under my account can send me their link and I'll post it on the homepage of my sites (dodoskido.com, mytvlife.com, and goingfromfattofit.com) until the cows come home...seriously...I'll wait for all of the cows to come home...

And to answer your question...no it's not a scam...I received one of these a while back, but this one is for my wife...she wants the ipod mini since it's lighter and cooler. I'll stick with the ipod gigante thank you very much...

10 Latest questions answered

2005-01-03 13:18 THIS ISN'T A ? AS MUCH AS A COMMENT. mY PUTER ... 4 views
2005-01-03 13:08 Is a hp psc1350 printer compatible with msntv2? Whwn I try ... 3 views
2005-01-03 13:05 If I am already an MSN Premium Subscriber (on my broadband ... 3 views
2005-01-03 13:01 What happen to spell check on e-mail. It was there on ... 4 views
2005-01-03 12:59 What accessories do I need to be able to transfer digital ... 4 views
2005-01-03 12:52 I have tried to find the call waiting feature on my ... 4 views
2005-01-03 12:49 I would like to request a "Member Center", for centralized information ... 5 views
2005-01-03 12:45 Does MSN test their peoducts? I just recieved a new MSNtv2 ... 3 views
2005-01-03 12:42 I cannot checkout at kmart using msntv2. 4 views
2005-01-03 12:40 I have an msntv2 & I bought a an hp photosmart ... 3 views

Go to the MSNTV2 FAQ

Latest FAQ Updates

I've given up on the CARP wrapping widget that I found since it produces the correct immediate result, but the text is not picked up by the bloglet email subscription thing and hence...no updated faq info mailed to my subscribers (of which there are quite a few of now).

So here are the latest posts (manually pasted by my hand...sigh):
Vacation 12-10-2004 to 1-5-2004
IRC and MSN TV 2 Real Audio needs to be added as an audio format. I ...
Is having two separate subsciptions the only way to have two ...
Do I need a computer to use the MSN TV 2? ...
What mouse can I use with msntv2? For example if I ...
Is the HP PSC 1315XI all-in-one printer compatible with MSN TV ...
(Cordless Mouse) What is a cheap cordless mouse cost to use ...
How can I print 8x10 photos with my msntv2?
Will the msntv2 ever offer alt.discuss?

Latest FAQ Update

My New Fitness Blog

Going From Fat to Fit

So you'd think I'm the last person that should be writing about fitness...after all, I am obese and diabetic. However, I've been in Microsoft's Weight Management program for about 6 months and have lost 7% body fat and feel the best I have in a long time.

If you are the least bit curious on what it takes a nearly 300lb diabetic to turn around his life and become healthy, you won't want to miss Going From Fat to Fit

Latest FAQ Updates

FAQ updates via email: first try

I'm trying out a new thing to see if I can get some sort of automated faq email update sent to people who subscribe to the site. Here's the first permutation (if you want to know the technical aspects of this, go the extended entry:

What I did:

phpmyfaq (the faq system that I'm using) has the ability to export the latest answered questions as a valid (I think) rss feed. So I do this (currently manually).

After that I installed Carp which takes RSS feeds and translates it to javascript.

Then I post the carp php call that creates the javascript in movable type (the content management system that everything except for the faq).

Next up is going to be:
fix cron4rss.php so that it works (currently it dies whenever I try to execute it).

Updates (or lack thereof)

Updates are on the way (most likely tonight). I've been neck deep in video from my wedding ceremony (occured last December). My wife and I are going to China and are trying to prepare a couple of edited "music videos" as we like to call them. Basically, a highlight reel with some nice music so people who watch it don't get sleepy.

At any rate, I know there is a backlog of questions and I'll address them this afternoon/evening.

Back but not Back

Midterm over, 96 < my score <100.

I answered a bunch of questions last night, but am neck deep in the middle of a test pass (big stretch of testing that needs to get done in order ot qualify a new release). I'll make good on answering more questions as time allows (hopefully some tonight). I'll also make good on the details of the release AFTER it ships (not sure of the scheduling of it).

Vacation?

Nope...I'm still here. I have a midterm tomorrow that I need to study for and also two PCs that I need to fix (one for my friend's mom and one that is my sister's old PC that I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with). Also, I'm working hard on my wife's website: hongyunart.com. The layout of this version of the site is not so great, but you can see what I'm working on here. It's a much cleaner layout and looks nice in my opinion. I'm going to upload her and her student's artwork to the site tonight and try to get my studying done. I should be back to answering questions tomorrow night (I may knock a few out tonight, but not sure) after my midterm.

Anyway, cheers and thanks for your patience.

New Subscription Management System

I've been using a stopgap measure for a while to maintain subscriptions. While it worked, it didn't work very well. For one thing I had to manually send update notices. Another bad thing is that for some reason, my webhost likes to send a few emails whenever someone subscribes so I would have even more email to sift through. I think those days are gone with the new subscription system run by blogarithm. Anyway, please signup there as my notices to those who have subscribed thus far will be exceedingly rare.

New Answers in FAQ

Here are the most recently answered questions on the MSN TV 2 FAQ:

The five questions posted most recently:
2004-10-18 09:26 A notepad/clipboard would be very helpful, perhaps accessed through the main ... 1 views
2004-10-18 09:25 "Why" questions 1 views
2004-10-18 09:16 i had webtv plus and recently had to buy MSNTV. Why ... 1 views
2004-10-18 09:06 For those who already have the MSNTV 2, please answer the ... 6 views
2004-10-17 01:58 Do you know when Amazon is going to be shipping the ... 56 views
2004-10-17 01:28 I would like to see a option on the print menu ... 60 views
2004-10-17 01:26 You CANNOT use a mouse with MSN TV 2!!!!!!!!! (At least ... 129 views
2004-10-17 01:25 Can MSN TV 2 and WebTV share the same primary account ... 73 views
2004-10-15 18:55 What is a router? 88 views
2004-10-15 18:41 How do I put (attach) pictures into an email? 64 views

Hope to see you back at www.MyTVLife.com soon! Have a question? Ask me!

Minor Facelift

I'm working on giving the MSN TV 2 FAQ a minor facelift. Mostly just to make it more readable, but also to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Here are the 10 latest questions answered:

2004-10-15 18:55 What is a router? 34 views
2004-10-15 18:41 How do I put (attach) pictures into an email? 23 views
2004-10-15 18:29 Will a fujifilm card reader work with the MSNTV 2? 7 views
2004-10-15 02:06 We have this http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/msntvv1.its51/$content$/MSNTV_TRS_TOC_Email.htm?retURL=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp.msn.com%2F!data%2Fen_us%2Fdata%2Fmsntvv1.its51%2F%24content%24%2FMSNTV_ALTTOC_main.htm Can you post the real Msntv2 Help ... 54 views
2004-10-15 02:05 Early buyers of MSNTV2 are reporting that they are having problems ... 267 views
2004-10-15 02:01 How many separate e-mail acounts can we have with the new ... 13 views
2004-10-15 01:59 We need advice about a TV. Our old "tube" (a 20" ... 18 views
2004-10-15 01:55 If I choose the monthly broadband service plan and later wanted ... 31 views
2004-10-13 02:36 I have an HP printer that is not compatable with MSNTV ... 101 views
2004-10-13 02:32 Compatibility with other chat sites 41 views

Welcome to MyTVLife.com

I thought I'd take this opportunity to welcome everyone to the new MSN TV 2 Enthusiast home page. The page is now located at MyTVLife.com but nothing else has changed. The focus here is the same: giving you all that you need to make the most of your MSN TV 2. I'll also still be giving little glimpse into MSN TV and the world of Microsoft on a periodic basis...maybe post some photos of my office or something so you can see what I do on a daily basis (besides running MyTVLife.com and dodoskido.com).

At any rate, I'm glad to see you've made it over here and I hope I can help make your MSN TV 2 experience the best it can be. If you have any questions or concerns about MSN TV 2, this site, the Internet, what kind of diet you should be on, where to find the best Chinese food, what the best tennis shoes are, or anything at all, feel free to drop me a line.

Everything seems to be in order

MSN TV's marketing folks are on my case again about using "msntv2" as part of my domain name. In the end, to make life easy for them, I've decided to give them the name (in exchange for a link on the msntv marketing website). The new site is called MyTVLife.com. I'm sorry to be moving the site again, but this is the best thing to keep me gainfully employed and keep the site up and running.

Thanks for all of your support!

FAQ Updated!

Here are the latest 5 questions:

The five questions posted most recently:
2004-10-13 02:36 I have an HP printer that is not compatable ... 1 views
2004-10-13 02:32 Compatibility with other chat sites 1 views
2004-10-13 02:27 Compatibility with various travel websites 3 views
2004-10-13 02:26 Does email have emoticons? 3 views
2004-10-13 02:24 Are you aware of the BellSouh 6100 issue? The ... 3 views

Subscriptions Available

I've added subscription links to the side bar in case you'd like an easy way to find out what's new....I'll be sending out notices (to those who leave their email address) whenever I updated the FAQ (and don't worry, your email is safe with me...I won't sell or release it to anyone).

dodoskido redesigned

I thought I'd send a shout out to my personal weblog dodoskido.com...currently it's getting a nice spring cleaning (I know it's fall...) and will getting a full make over before December (I hope). After the final stages of spring cleaning are finished over on the other side, there will be some interesting developments. Namely:

1) hongyunart.com will go live...it's currently in creation mode and isn't much to look at. When it's done, it will be the primary website for Hongyun (my wife) to show off her artwork, write and collect findings in art, and serve as an informational site for her private art tutoring that she does on the side.

2) next will be a slight refresh of msntv2.INFO. I'll be providing some subscription options to keep you updated and will do some cleaning as well.

3) I'll be starting a new website called goingfromfattofit.com which will detail my personal journey from fatdom to fitdom. I've actually been in a program for about 6 months now where I've seen incredible gains in strength and fitness, but haven't lost that much weight...that's all going to change when the site launches....

Cat Out of the Bag

Since the new msntv site is out and about, strutting it's stuff, I figured I would let the cat out of the bag and publish most of the questions I had been waiting to send out so I wouldn't get busted. The cat's out of the bag so please enjoy the faq and ask lots more questions! Have a good evening...see you in the morning...

New MSNTV2 site is live!

Remember, to support msntv2.INFO by coming back to order you MSN TV 2 box after soaking up the cool info at the new site!

Enjoy! MSNTV2.com

Special offer for current MSNTV (WebTV) subscribers

A note from the MSN TV marketing team:

When MSN TV introduces the new product in October, they will be contacting current customers with a special offer exclusively for them. This is to thank them for their loyalty and excitement about the product, so watch for that offer!

See! I told you, that our marketing team is working on a special deal just for your Webbies out there. I'll post again if I hear anything else.

Back in Action!

I received an email the other day from Microsoft's legal folks regarding msntv2.info and the FAQ. Basically they said, you have our blesssing and to go forth and blog (just keep the prelease info to a minimum, but after launch, the world is your oyster).

FAQs are coming back! Well...sort of. I'm still answering YOUR questions, but not posting anything yet. I'll post a few thing here and there over the next couple of weeks, but after October 1st rolls around, the FAQ will chocked full of information, advice, and tips.

FAQs temporarily halted

Once again the powers that be have stepped in to say that I'm doing something bad by helping people learn about the product too early. Anyway, relevant "bad posts" have been taken down for now. Also I will not be posting answers to questions until after MSN TV 2 launches but keep the questions coming as I will be answering them on the FAQ system and get them ready for launch.

MSN TV 2 FAQ Beta

MSN TV 2 FAQ

Give it a shot! Only a few questions answered so far, but click above and then "ASK Question" to ask your question!

FAQs coming

There have been quite a few questions asked about MSN TV 2 and I promise, I'll provide a way for people to better ask the questions and actual answers. Please be patient as the team and I buckle down for the last few weeks before our release. After the product is released, I will have (hopefully) a wealth of information. The folks here at MSN TV want me to keep the info locked down for the time being as some important bits of information are still in flux. I'll have the beginnings of an FAQ section soon

Useful information on the way

So where's the good stuff you ask? Well, the answer is that it's on the way. I'm in the process of writing up articles and tips that will be published on launch day. Why not post them earlier? Well the same marketing guys said that this site is an information leak that needs to be plugged. Well, I'm not sure what's so leaky about it...I mean if you read the previous 4 posts, you'll see that the information is the same that you can get from the press releases. At any rate, to appease the marketing folks this time around, I'll keep my mouth shut or rather, my blog entries un-published until the MSN TV 2 boxes hit the store shelves in October. In the mean time, I'll post links to reviews, news, and whatever "leaks" out from other sources.

Squeezed by the Man

The new URL is now www.msntv2.info. The MSN TV marketing folks really wanted the msntv2.com domain name badly but didn't think to register the site until today. At any rate, I gave it to them and will use msntv2.info instead. I'm just too nice...

Posting from the MSN TV 2 Internet & Media Player

Hi everybody!
Hi Dr. Nick!

Just a quick hello to test posting a blog entry from MSN TV 2. The engineering team is currently doing a bug bash to find as many bugs as possible in one day and it looks to be quite successful! As the bug bash closes, I'm playing music from my home network and USB CD player with an MP3 CD (officially not supported, but it works) via a wireless connection to my wireless laptop. While surfing the web and posting this. Ahhh...the media good life.

Site Setup Continues

So far I have a fairly stable layout with two different indexes and stylesheets for MSN TV (2) and PC/Mac. Next on the list is to make sure archive pages are styled properly and have proper links as well as a few more touch ups and this site should be ready to rock and roll.

Welcome to the MSN TV 2 Enthusiast Site

This is the first post to get things rolling. I'll be working on fixing the layout/design of the site over the next few weeks and adding more information about the MSN TV 2 product as it rolls off the presses.

Disclaimer: While I work for MSN TV 2, the information contained in this website is in no way connected to MSN TV or Microsoft. Information and opinions found on this site are the rantings of a rogue engineer and should be taken as such. While I try to keep my information as accurate as possible, mistakes will eventually happen. If there is some misinformation or confusion, just let me know and the information will be reviewed and revised shortly. Otherwise, enjoy!