Live TV Watch Live TV, Pause live TV, Record live TV. Choose between analogue TV, DigitalTV via terrestrial, cable-TV, satellite-TV, IPTV, webTV. Record up to two live TV shows (or even up to 4 with an added plugin) at the same time and match them to your schedule with optional Personal Video Recording (PVR). Works with any standard signal, from a basic antenna to cable, digital cable and satellite. You can even use your PC while programmes are recording in the background. Easily discover what's on, by channel or time, using the built-in Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) with no service fees, or use the new Movie Finder to browse films to record by time, release date, rating, actor and so much more. It's like having your local rental store and a movie guide all in one place and with no service fees. Photos Media Centre PC's have really made your living room a place to stay. And once you have visitors over - theres no more reaching for the photo ablums. Just grab the remote, hit the photo button and browse the millions of photos and personal videos you have using slide shows or just browse. Transfer photos effortlessly with Plug and Play support for a wide range of over 250 digital cameras. Just plug your camera in and transfer photos to your library with a click. View slideshows to music, or touch up blemishes with features such as automatic red-eye removal, auto contrast fix, and support for automatic or manual crop. You can even rotate and print photos. Music Thats right - your Media Centre PC is your HiFi to! A Media Centre PC can store as much music as you have and could possible want. Whats more it plays it using play lists, genre, artist, etc. You can search for songs, download or stream directly off the net, it automatically shows CD covers for artists... and all at the touch of a remote control!The Media Centre PC's Music library immediately lists your most recently heard tracks, or allows you to browse your music library. You can search by title, genre and artist and then press ‘play’ to set your music playing immediately. With built-in support for a wide variety of formats along with 5.1 & 7.1 surround-sound, you can be sure of superior playback, and you can even enjoy how your music looks thanks to the visualisation effects – particularly if you’ve got your Media Center Edition hooked up to your main television set.However, the advanced features of a Media Centre PC go much deeper. From the moment you start using it, it monitors what you’re listening to and how often you do it, generating automatic playlists that enable you to instantly pick a list of tracks tailored to your taste. If you’d prefer to create your own list of greatest hits, you can so with ease by using Media Player in Windows. Don’t feel you’ve got to confine your creations to your hard drive, either. Another few taps on the remote control enables you to burn your playlist to CD or DVD1, and if you’ve got an MP3 player then you can plug it in and add music to it with ease. Remote Control No more going over to the office to use the mouse - now you can sit on the sofa and use your remote with your Media Centre PC. And should you want to use your mouse.. there is normally one built into the wireless keyboard! Internet Giving you full access to the Internet, IP-telephony, video-telephony, e-mail etc. into one common user friendly GUI (graphical user interface). Watch Web TV channels over the net. Radio Includes an integral FM radio tuner. It can be opened and controlled from the remote, and you can record or even pause the live audio stream, so you can step out of earshot without missing a note! Rip DVDs to your Media Center library Are you fed up with your DVDs being scratched? Can't be bothered getting up and reaching for that DVD you wanted to watch? Well, with a Media Centre PC you can save all your DVDs to the hard drive and all you need to do then is point and click! Customizable With a Media Centre PC- it is easy to customize how you want it to look and feel. You can add the long list of plugins to it to give you everything you ever wanted a MediaCenter to do... Network Want to be able to watch your movies, TV, listen to music, look at your photos, from more than one room? Well now you can access all that media from one single place in multiple rooms. All you need is more than one Media Centre HTPC or an extender and a router/switch. Back-up Back-up your photos, music, TV programmes and home movies onto DVD, or share photos and home movies on DVDs that play in most home DVD players, right from within your Media Centre PC.