| It's taken a few years for Media Center to take off, but with MCE 2005 it's finally a big thing. As time goes by, I envision consumers adding Media Center PCs to their home theater systems, for both television recording and music playback. It's a solution to a lot of different problems. If you're a lucky owner of a Media Center PC, keep these key points in mind: Media Center is nothing more than a separate remote-controlled interface that sits on top of the regular Windows XP interface. The latest version of MCE is Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 although the only way to get it is to buy a new Media Center PC. One Media Center PC can replace several different audio/video devices including a hard disk recorder, CD player, and DVD player. You can use your Media Center PC to watch television shows, as well as record shows on its hard disk for future playback. A Media Center PC can also serve as a digital CD jukebox, after you've ripped all your CDs to hard disk.
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