------ Windows media center newbie

Hithere, i jsut got a new computer with windows media center installed on it and i was wondering what cool or useful things can i do with it other than watch tv on my computer? like, can i record tv shows and stuff like that? Is there a guide or FAQ of what can be down with it?

 

take a look at this

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/features.mspx

 

Interesting stuff. But is there something i could do to...
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get some channels through the tuner that i shouldnt be able to get?
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