Windows XP Media Edition 2004 presented by Aladdin Hourani, Circuit City sales specialist
Tuesday, September 28 at University of Dayton Campus, Dayton, Ohio No charge.    Please bring a friend.    Guests welcome. Please join us Tuesday night, September 28, 2004 for this free presentation at the University of Dayton. Go to O'Leary Auditorium in Miriam Hall. We'll begin at 7:30 p.m. Bring a friend. Windows XP Media Edition 2004 by Bob Kwater

Wouldn't it be nice if you could use your computer to record live television, edit out the commercials, and then play it back on your big screen TV or home theatre when you wanted to view it? (look out TIVO!)

And wouldn't it be good if you could take all of your CDs, MP3s, and other music files, record them on your computer, and then play them through your home stereo?

And wouldn't it be great if you could take all of the images from your digital camera, email, CDs, and other sources, arrange them into photo albums, movies, and slide shows, and then show them on your big screen TV or home theatre?

And wouldn't it be even better if you could take captured video from your camcorder, email, or other sources, load them on your computer, and edit them into movies, and again, show them on your big screen TV or home theatre?

And then, to top it all off, be able to control all of these things with a special remote control from the comfort of your easy chair in the media room, away from your computer?

Media Center PCs are complete Windows XP PCs enhanced for home entertainment. These computers represent the evolution of home PCs into digital media hubs that bring together your entertainment choices and allow you to access them with one remote control. Media Center PCs come equipped with all the necessary hardware to deliver powerful computing and an enjoyable home entertainment experience.

Media Center PCs are complete entertainment PCs because they include:

• Mid- to high-end processors
• More than enough memory for your computing and entertainment needs
• High-capacity hard disks
• CD-ROM/DVD drives
• Advanced graphics and audio capabilities
• Networking connectivity

Each new Media Center PC meets the minimum system requirements of Windows XP Professional and may include the following components to enhance your entertainment experience:

• A Media Center compatible remote control that keeps all of the entertainment on your computer within easy reach, and complements the keyboard and mouse.
• A remote infrared (IR) sensor that enables the remote control to communicate with the computer, and also controls your cable or satellite set-top box.
• An advanced graphics card for displaying the best TV experience on your computer monitor.
• A TV tuner that captures your television signal from a cable, satellite, or antenna source.
• A hardware encoder that enables you to record TV shows from cable, satellite, or antenna to your computer's hard disk.
• A TV output that allows you to display Media Center content on a television connected to your computer.
• A digital audio output that allows you to integrate digital audio from your computer into an existing home entertainment system.

So join us Tuesday September 28 at 7:30PM as we see how all of this magic is performed. We'll be hosting Aladdin Hourani, a sales specialist from Circuit City at the Dayton Mall, who will be bringing one of their newest products; a Media Center computer operating Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows XP Media Edition 2004!

Jim Rowe, Editor
The DataBus
editor@dma.org

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