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Windows Media Center in Windows Vista
Enjoy all your favourite digital entertainment—including live and recorded TV, movies, music, and pictures—in one place with the easy-to-use Windows Media Center menu system and remote control. Windows Media Center in Windows Vista includes enhancements for expanded support of digital and high-definition cable TV, an improved menu system, and the ability to create a consumer-electronics-quality living-room experience, as well as new options for multi-room access to your entertainment through Media Center Extenders, including Xbox 360.
Windows Media Center in Windows Vista includes a redesigned menu system that can be enjoyed at your Media Center PC or through your Xbox 360 using your home network.
Digital entertainment for your home
Windows Media Center in Windows Vista makes it easier than ever to find, play, and manage all your digital entertainment on your PC or TV using a mouse and keyboard or a remote control.
Because TVs and computer monitors are moving towards widescreen and high-definition displays, Windows Media Center in Windows Vista has been optimised to make enjoying your photos, home movies, and TV in your living room a better experience than ever before.
You can organise your digital entertainment in many ways to help make it easier to find and enjoy what you want. By using options like thumbnail pictures, you'll quickly be able to identify which CD, photo, movie, or TV show you're looking for. And when browsing through your entertainment options in Windows Media Center, you don't have to interrupt what you're already enjoying—you can navigate the Media Center menus while continuing to view the movie, TV show, or photos already on your screen.
Continue to view the show you're watching in full-screen while navigating the Media Center menus.
With Windows Media Center in Windows Vista, you will be able to experience all your digital entertainment not only on your PC, but also on up to five other PCs or TVs using Media Center Extenders. The Xbox 360 has a Windows Media Center Extender built into it, so you can power a whole new entertainment experience over your home network using the same Windows Media Center menus. Windows Media Center Extenders allow you to leave the PC in the office and enjoy your music, photos, movies, and TV anywhere in the house using the enhanced Media Center menus.