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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 lets you do everything other Windows XP PCs do¿and a whole lot more. Browse the Web, play your favorite PC games, e-mail and instant message your friends, and install and use programs designed for Windows XP. Media Center also delivers a powerful yet familiar way to enjoy all of your digital entertainment¿photos, music, TV, movies, home videos, radio, and a world of applications and services whether you're sitting in front of your Windows desktop or across the room with a remote control. Media Center is your all-in-one PC and home entertainment center.
Play DVD¿s: Enjoy DVD movies on your Media Center PC. You¿ll get full progressive-scan DVD playback with online chapter lookup on Media Center PCs equipped with DVD decoders manufactured by Media Center partners (standard hardware on new PC configurations).
My TV: My TV offers a simple way to browse, watch, and record TV, even on multiple channels at the same time (both analog and over-the-air digital). TV features work with an antenna, cable, or satellite TV signal and have a fast and easy setup. My TV includes Live TV, Recorded TV, the Program Guide, Guide Search, and the new Movie Finder2 service¿all without a monthly service fee.
My Music: My Music offers access to your personal and online music collection. Now it's easier than ever to play a music CD, copy it into your library, burn a CD, create a playlist, and edit album details.
My Video: My Videos offers an alternate view of your My Videos folder in Windows XP, organizing files and folders by date or by name and displaying a thumbnail image for each clip. My Videos supports common video types including standard avi, .mpg, and .wmv files.
My Pictures: My Pictures provides a fun new way to instantly enjoy and share your digital photos. Download pictures from your digital camera, view your pictures and graphics, create a near-instant slide show, touch up, print, and burn photos to CD¿all with your remote control.
Copy to CD/DVD: Burn recorded TV to CDs and DVDs with built-in CD/DVD burning, easily share pictures and home movies, and burn CD mixes.
Sync to Device: Enjoy hours of TV, music, video, and digital photos on the go by transferring your favorite media to a Portable Media Center, Smartphone, Pocket PC, music player, or other storage devices, such as external hard disk drives.
Remote Control: The Media Center remote control keeps all of the entertainment on your computer within easy reach, complementing the keyboard and mouse.
My Radio: My Radio offers instant access to your Internet or FM radio services and keeps them all in one easy-to-find place. FM radio listeners have simple access to radio presets just like a car stereo and can even pause and rewind up to 30 minutes of live radio.
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Specifications of the Mercer Xhibitor Media Center PC
Operating System & Software: Genuine Microsoft Windows¿ XP Media Center Edition 2005
Pause Live TV in your digital home: Pause, record and play live TV, Download and watch movies, Create music collections, Edit digital photos, Browse the web, Full PC functionality
Hardware:
High Quality Integrated Audio: Supports multiple industry formats, 192KHz 24-bit audio support w/ multi-streaming capability, Intel Audio Studio for Media Center, with Sonic Focus & Dolby technologies. Line level to AMP or Powered speakers, Full 7.1 Analog outputs, Digital Optical and Coaxial, Independent/switching front mic/headphones
System-wide access to Dolby Premier Technologies: Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker
Front Panel Interface: Power/Standby, DVD Eject, Media Controls, VFD Display
I/O Ports: 8-in-1 Media Reader, Temporary Video/Audio connections, Headphone/Microphone, USB2.0, 1394, Flush ¿CE-like¿ grouping of Audio/Video Inputs, TV & Audio Outputs, and ¿PC Connectivity¿, Configurable Tuner/capture option