With a Media Center, you can store, share, and enjoy all of your photos, all of your music, all of your home video, and even recorded TV in one sleek and easy to use place.

Media Center PCs are complete Windows XP-based PCs enhanced for home entertainment. These computers represent the evolution of home PCs into digital media hubs that bring together your entertainment choices and allow you to access them with one remote control.

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• Mid- to high-end processors
• Adequate memory for most computing and entertainment needs
• High-capacity hard disks
• CD-ROM/DVD drives
• Advanced graphics and audio capabilities

• A Media Center compatible remote control that keeps all of the entertainment on your computer within easy reach and complements the keyboard and mouse.
• A remote infrared (IR) sensor that enables the remote control to communicate with the computer and also controls your cable or satellite set-top box.
• An advanced graphics card for displaying the best TV experience on your computer monitor.
• A TV tuner1 that captures your television signal from a cable, satellite, or antenna source.
• A hardware encoder that enables you to record TV shows from cable, satellite, or antenna to your computer's hard disk.
• A TV output that allows you to display Media Center content on a television connected to your computer.
• A digital audio output that allows you to integrate digital audio from your computer into an existing home entertainment system.
• In addition, many of the features of the newest Windows Media player—Windows Media Player 10—are optimized for Windows XP and are especially useful when installed on a Media Center PC.