That looks like an awful lot of work. I just select which shows I want to sync using my Media Center 2005 remote...
http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal...ew/imateJ6.jpg
It automatically converts the latest episodes of Desperate Houswives to a 40Mb file and copies it to my Pocket PC SD card while I'm watching other TV shows. It doesn't get much easier than that. Of course, you do need a Pocket PC with Windows Media Player 10.