A Media Center PC or a Home Theatre PC is essentially an all in one home entertainment center. The Media Center PC combines the functions of the desktop computer and the home entertainment system. As a desktop computer, it can surf the web, make documents, download programs, movies and mp3s, and use applications. As a home entertainment center, a Media Center PC user can watch and record TV shows, listen to music via surround sound, and watch movies. Furthermore, it has a DVD/Blu Ray and HD Support.
Currently you might have the following devices in your home; a Hi-Fi Music Player, Computer, DVD /Blu Ray Player, and Freeview/Sky TV device. In most homes that’s at least three or four devices. With a Home Theatre PC you can get rid of all of the above in one go and let it be your one stop home entertainment center
Media Center PC allows you to:
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LIVE TV: Watch Live TV, Pause live TV, Record live TV. You can choose between DigitalTV via terrestrial, analogue TV, cable-TV, satellite-TV, IPTV, webTV.
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MUSIC: Listen and store all your CDs and MP3s in one place. Your Media Center is your HiFi. A Media Centre PC can store all your music and plays it using play lists, genre, artist, etc, like an iPod. You can search for songs, download or stream directly off the internet. It automatically shows CD covers for artists... and all at the touch of a remote control!
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DVDs & BLUE RAY: A Media Center will replace your current DVD Player. On top instead of worrying about getting CDs scratched, you can back them up at a click of a button.
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INTERNET: You have full internet access as well as all the goodies that come with the internet like, IP-telephony, video-telephony, e-mail etc. into one common user friendly GUI (graphical user interface). Watch Web TV channels over the net.
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PHOTOES: You can organize your picture library, tag your photos, create photo slide shows that you can set to music, and burn your creations to a DVD. Even better, when you have visitors there is no more need to dig up the photo album. Just garb the remote and hit the photo button and browse the all photos and personal videos you have using slide shows or just browse.
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REMOTE CONTROL: You can sit on the sofa and use your remote with your Media Centre PC. If you happen to want to use your mouse or keyboard... then the option is there.
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RADIO: With an integrated FM radio tuner you listen and control all your radio stations with remote, and you can record or even pause the live audio stream.
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BACKUP: Back-up your work, photos, music, TV programmes and home movies onto Media PC or DVD. You can share photos and home movies on DVDs that play in most home DVD players, right from within your Media Centre PC.
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NETWORK: You can setup your Media Center PC to watch your movies, TV, listen to music, look at your photos, from more than one room.
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STYLISH & CUSTOMISABLE: Media Center PCs at Custom Computa are stylish in design and you can customise how you want it to look and feel.