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Chapter 3
Using the Media Center Extender
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Media Center Extender
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Media Center Extender
cable service, which includes support for premium high-definition
content.
Keep and share more of your entertainment. Because Windows Vista
Home Premium digitally records your live TV shows and movies on
your computer’s hard disk, you may worry about eventually running
out of disk space. Windows Media Center has you covered. With it, you
can choose to record shows to another hard disk partition on the same
computer, or you can choose to record directly to an external hard disk.
View movies as thumbnails to quickly find what you're looking for. Create
a play list and see videos in sequence.
TV + Movies, Play list
Windows Media Center also includes everything you need to burn your
favorite shows to video DVD. You no longer need third-party tools to
create a DVD that can be played back in a normal DVD player. Just select
the show you want to burn, add any additional content—like home
videos, music, or photos—and Windows Vista takes care of the rest.
Windows Media Center will even create a simple DVD menu, which you
can navigate using your DVD remote, so you can easily pick and choose
what you want to watch.
Your shows on your time. Plan your TV watching with the Electronic
Programming Guide. With Windows Vista Home Premium you can watch
TV shows and movies on your terms with the Electronic Programming
Guide (EPG) in Windows Media Center. The EPG, which is available in
select countries, is a free service that provides date and time listings as
well as summaries for all the TV shows and movies available via your
local TV service. It covers up to a two-week period, and with it, you can
easily browse and record current and future programs according to their
start time. The guide also features robust search capabilities that help