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Windows Media Center is an All In One multimedia center included in Vista Home Premium and above.

Contents 1 Overview 2 System Requirements 3 Related How-To Geek Articles 4 See Also 5 References

Overview

Windows Media Center provides instant access to multimedia, it allows you to watch Live TV (with TV-tuner). And just by it's name, it's a Center for : TV, Music, Radio, Video Streaming and Device Synchronizing.

System Requirements

Minimum :

1 GHz processor

512 MB of system memory

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:

    *WDDM Driver

    *128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)

    *Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware

    *32 bits per pixel

Internet access

Recommended :

2 GHz processor

1GB of system memory

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:

    *WDDM Driver

    *256 MB of graphics memory

    *Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware

    *32 bits per pixel

Internet access

Optional :

TV-tuner

Remote

X-box 360

Related How-To Geek Articles

Use Media Center To Watch TV Anywhere

Watch Netflix Movies Now In Media Center

See Also

Make VLC Look Like WMP

VLC Media Player

References

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