Hi, i have the same tuner, though I use terratecs cinema to watch tv.
Have you tried it with the cinema software to see if the result is different?
vmc can have issues with dual tuner cards, though it's odd why this has all gone awol on you??
Terratec's latest beta software and bda driver is working perfect for me in the basics of watching, recording/while watching, schedule /with s3 sleep resume - resleep.
Not bug free in all departments though.
The latest bda beta driver [all os's] is available here
ftp://ftp.terratec.de/Receiver/Ciner..._1.1.0.284.exe
The latest beta viewer is available here
http://ftp.terratec.de/Receiver/Terr...ma_5.82.01.exe