Creating a Digital Home Entertainment System with
Windows Media Center

$29.99 US 398 pp. ISBN 0789735423 Published May 2006 Que Michael Miller, Author

Published in partnership with The Green Button website!

CD player. DVD player. Television tuner. Hard disk video recorder. Digital music jukebox.

A Media Center PC performs all these functions -- and more. Put a Media Center PC in your living room and you'll have total control over all your digital home entertainment needs.

What kind of Media Center PC should you buy -- and how do you use it? These basic questions (and a whole lot more) are answered in this book by best-selling author Michael Miller. You'll learn everything you need to know about choosing the best Media Center PC for your needs and budget, as well as how to connect, configure, use, and customize your Media Center system for your own home entertainment needs. Everything you need to know about Media Center PCs and Windows Media Center Edition is in this book!

Here's what you'll find inside:

• Discover what a Media Center PC can do

• Find out what types of Media Center systems you need for specific uses

• Get purchasing advice

• Connect your new Media Center PC to your existing home entertainment system

• Configure Media Center for initial use

• Store and play back digital music

• View and record television programs

• Play and record DVDs

• View digital photos

• Perform traditional computer-related tasks, such as checking your email and surfing the web

• Run Media Center on your home network with a Media Center Extender (including Microsoft's Xbox 360)

• Get even more out of your Media Center System with the subscription services in Media Center's Online Spotlight

• Add more functionality with dozens of third-party Media Center add-on applications

• Customize your Media Center PC for your personal needs

• Troubleshoot potential problems

Creating a Digital Home Entertainment System with Windows Media Center Edition was written in conjunction with The Green Button, the web's foremost Media Center website. The foreword to the book was written by Daniel Sterling, president of The Green Button.

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