Sams Teach Yourself Windows XP All in One, Second Edition

Chapter 12. Going Multimedia with Media Player

Did you know that in addition to being an Internet surfing machine, a word processor, a spreadsheet compiler, and a computer game playing device, your PC has the potential to become a compact disc (CD) player, radio tuner, sound recorder, digital video disc (DVD) player, and television too? Surely you have heard about some of the possibilities, but a few might surprise you, especially when you learn how little it takes to get up and running. Although you might still be new to computers, so many people want to use multimedia that this chapter leaps in to the multimedia foray and introduces you to hardware and fundamental software that will get you started. Later in the book, you’ll discover additional ...