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Windows Vista®: Home Entertainment with Windows® Media Center and Xbox 360™
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Windows Vista®: Home Entertainment with Windows® Media Center and Xbox 360™

by S. E. Slack, Greg Slack
September 2007
Beginner
384 pages
7h 48m
English
Microsoft Press
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Chapter 10. Watching and Recording TV

  • Use and navigate the guide

  • Watch live TV

  • Record TV shows

  • Watch recorded TV shows

IN MOST HOMES, the TV takes center stage over most other pieces of home entertainment equipment. Nearly 100 percent of the homes in the United States, for example, have at least one TV, and most homes average more than two sets. With all those TVs around, Americans tune into TV shows an average of eight hours a day.

That’s a lot of TV—so it’s a good thing Windows Media Center can help you determine when those eight hours occur. That is, of course, a key element of Media Center: the ability to record TV shows and watch them on your time frame instead of a TV network’s time frame.

If you’re like most people, prime time doesn’t refer to ...

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