Media Center PCs

Tired of the clutter in your lounge? Fed up of constantly switching between DVD players, videos, CD players etc? Sick of seeing piles of video cassettes everywhere?

Meet the new Media Center PCs - designed to be at the centre of your entertainment system.

  What can it do?

Here's a selection of the features of Media Center PCs, but if you want more information, follow the link on the right:

• Live TV - much like a Sky+ box, you can pause or rewind live TV. No more missing goals when you nip to the toilet, and no more having to cross your legs for the whole of the second half!
• Recording TV - you can record from Freeview channels, and can also connect up to a cable or satellite box. What's more, you can start watching a recording before it's finished recording (no more waiting until the cassette can be rewound), and all your recordings sit on the hard drive - no more cassettes! You can also watch one programme while recording up to two others (subject to buying sufficient TV cards). The number of recordings is limited by the size of your hard drive(s), which can always be extended.
• Music - as with most PCs, you can load your entire CD collection, and play your choice of music just by using the remote - no more pulling CDs out of the drawer, scratching them, or having the kids lose them!
• DVDs - a Media Center PC will have a DVD player built in - a separate DVD player is another piece of kit that you can now do without!
• Photos - with a card reader or USB cable, you can copy all of your digital photos onto the Media Center PC. From there, you can view your photos straight onto your TV screen - no more gathering dust in your cupboard!

  Any more questions?

How do I watch it?

You can either hook the Media Center PC up to your existing TV, or for the clearest output, consider an LCD or plasma screen.

How do I operate it?

Using the handy remote control, which will give you access to all the functions of the Media Center PC.

What else can I do with it?

The Media Center PC is, at the end of the day, a PC! So, everything that you can do with a normal PC can be done with a Media Center PC. That includes playing games, using office software, and browsing the internet. It's like a normal PC, but loads better!

For any more information, follow the link on the right, or just get in touch - we'd be happy to help out!

  Where can I find out more?

  If you want to find out more about Media Center PCs, just click here to link to the Microsoft site.

  Will it really replace the video?

It's hard for us to tell you how you will use it - we can only speak from our own experience, but since installing a Media Center PC at home, we've never used the video. What's more, the DVD player and the CD player have also gone!

And the best thing is, there are no more of those video tapes floating around - you know how annoying they can be, especially when you forgot to label them up, and can't remember what's on which tape!

  How easy is it to use?

If you can get my son off the Media Center PC for long enough to talk to him, he'll tell you that it's child's play. No-one explained it to him - he just got on and figured it out.

You can too!

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