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Windows Media Center

Make it easy for your customers to enjoy all their favorite digital media from one place by including a Windows® Vista-based Media Center system in your home installation plans. With one simple menu Windows Media Center brings together all of your customer’s favorite family photos, home videos, music collections, TV shows and movies as an organized collection. Windows Media Center is included with systems running Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate.

Live & Recorded Television
Live & Recorded Television
Antenna | Cable | Internet | Satellite
Personal Media
Personal Media
Music | Pictures | Videos
Movies
Movies
DVD | Downloads | PVR
Online Content Internet
Online Content
Internet TV | Online Media

With a broadband Internet connection you can expand your customer’s digital media choices with access to online entertainment such as viral videos, sports information, TV shows, music concerts, and news. Add a TV tuner to the Windows Media Center system and they can also record their favorite TV shows to conveniently replay anytime.

Incorporating Windows Media Center system into home entertainment installations provides a simple, all-in-one place solution for your customers to create, store, share, and view their digital media where and when they want.

Simple All-In-One Entertainment Enjoy Anytime
By navigating one simple menu in Windows Media Center your customers will be able to easily find all their digital media. With Windows Media Center all digital media is available from one place. This makes it easy for your customers to find and enjoy all their photos, music, and videos. Give your customers more choice, more flexibility, and more ways to share their entertainment throughout the home and on the go with Windows Media Center.
Adding new photos or music is as easy as inserting a camera memory card or CD. Windows Media Center recognizes the files and automatically adds them to the shared library. A single menu makes finding and viewing all of a customer’s digital media convenient right from the start. Scheduling TV shows is possible remotely over an Internet connection with MSN Remote Record.
With the addition of a TV tuner, your customers can record, search, and replay TV shows with the click of a button. Adding Extenders for Windows Media Center provides your customers the same entertainment experience from a single place, no matter where they are in their home. The type of online entertainment your customer craves, when they want it and where they want it. From sports scores on SportsLounge (US only) to news stories, movie trailers, music concerts, and viral videos, the choice is theirs with Windows Media Center.
Incorporating Extenders for Windows Media Center gives your customer access to the same simple Windows Media Center menu on every TV or monitor in their home. The addition of Windows Home Server expands your customers’ capacity to store and view all their digital media from one place. Expand where your customers can view their digital media by adding up to five Extenders for Windows Media Center to the entertainment installation

How to Buy

There are many vendors who offer dedicated Windows Media Center systems for custom home integrations. Visit the vendor sites below for details.

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