PC Magazine Guide Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

✍ Scribed by Terry Ulick

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Edition: Media center ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

PC Magazine Guide Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
At best, this book was a gross dissappointment. I was written as if it were a sales brochure and is the worst waste of money by me in recent memory. Actually when I researched Amazon Books, I was hoping that Dr.Indera E. Murphy, the auther of two excellent books: No Stress Tech Guide to Works 8, and No Stress Tech Guide to Windows XP. No such luck. When I was looking for a book on XP Media Center Edition, there were a number of choices, but none by Dr. Murphy. Of those available, I probably made the worst possible choice.

✦ Table of Contents

PC Magazine Guide Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005......Page 1
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 12
Introduction......Page 18
Part I Introduction and Setup......Page 22
1 Planning to Use a Windows XP Media Center Edition PC......Page 24
2 Setting Up Your Media Center PC......Page 38
3 The Windows XP Media Center Edition Operating System......Page 56
4 Media Center Experiences......Page 78
Part II Media Center Edition PCs and Devices......Page 98
5 Choosing the Right Media Center PC......Page 100
6 Getting Audio and Video In and Out of YourMCE PC......Page 112
7 Media Storage: Adding and Replacing Drives......Page 126
8 Home Networks and Media Center Extenders......Page 140
Part III Watching and Recording TV: Playing and Burning DVDs......Page 154
9 My TV and the Program Guide......Page 156
10 Recording and Playback of TV Programs......Page 180
11 Playing and Burning DVDs......Page 202
Part IV Music and Radio......Page 218
12 Playing Audio Files and CDs with My Music......Page 220
13 Managing Playlists and Music Libraries......Page 236
14 Listening to Broadcast and Internet Radio......Page 258
Part V Viewing Photos and Home Videos......Page 270
15 Viewing and Managing Digital Picture Libraries......Page 272
16 Creating Slideshows Using My Pictures......Page 288
17 Playing Home Movies with My Video......Page 294
Part VI Expanding Media Center......Page 304
18 Adding More Programs to Media Center......Page 306
19 Accessing Internet Content from Online Spotlight......Page 318
20 Final Thoughts about Media Center......Page 328
Part VII Appendixes......Page 334
Appendix A Media Center PC Manufacturers......Page 336
Appendix B Media Center PC Applications and Devices......Page 338
Appendix C Media Center PC Reference Sources......Page 340