Windows Media Center, a standard component of Vista Home Premium and Vista Platinum, offers a free electronic program guide (EPG) for users who add a TV tuner.The most obvious choice is Windows Media Center (WMC), which–despite being a Vista-bundled freebie–offers a rich feature set and a dazzling interface. Step one is to choose a media-center program–though as noted previously, you may already have one. For a complete guide to assembling a media center PC from the ground up, see Zack Stern’s excellent “ Build Your Own High-Def PC.” Note: In this guide, I’ll focus exclusively on ways that you can turn your existing computer into a media center. So when we talk about turning your PC into a media center, we mean installing software that finds, catalogs, and plays your media files–and looks good while doing it. All of those applications scan your PC for photos, music, videos, and the like, and then present them inside an oversize, TV-friendly interface (commonly known as a 10-foot interface, meaning it’s easily viewable from the couch).
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