In this chapter
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Why watching TV on your media center
changes everything
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Watching TV and time-shifting with your
remote control
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Watching TV and time-shifting with your
mouse and keyboard
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Watching out for the kids: using parental
controls
6
Watching the Show
There are a lot of good reasons to buy a Media Center PC, but for most
people, the feature that really sets it apart from the crowded field of PC
competitors is the ability to watch, control, and record live television
directly on the computer.
The integration of TV capture capability in a PC isn’t brand-new, but to
have the features built-in at the factory, and controlled as part of the
PC’s basic Windows operating system, is new. And by most accounts,
it’s been worth the wait.
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