About the time shift feature
When you watch a live TV program and pause the program, a time shift status bar appears at the bottom of screen. As you
watch live TV programming, Media Center continuously captures 30 minute increments of the program into a buffer, which is
displayed by the time shift status bar. This buffer enables you to use the rewind, replay, and fast forward features. When
you change channels, Media Center deletes the current TV programming buffer and begins capturing again after a short
delay. This TV programming buffer is not saved or stored on your computer's hard disk drive.
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