The Microsoft Media Center is a convenient and user-friendly place to store digital media with advanced features to enhance media for busy business professionals. Schedule and record television shows that might be helpful to your staff, share digital photos on a centrally located television or organize your company's music library in just a few simple steps. Busy business professionals can even access digital entertainment while traveling — from an airport, hotel or coffee shop.

Windows Media Center enables users to combine the power and convenience of a computer with most electronic components, creating an innovative, connected entertainment system ideal for office use. To get the greatest benefit from the Microsoft Media Center, consider Microsoft Media Center for the following:

1. Use Microsoft Media Center to schedule, record and view relevant television shows in high definition when most convenient for you and your staff, and with no monthly fee.

2. Utilize Microsoft Media Center to organize and share photos and even view digital images on a centrally television screen.

3. Organize, enjoy and share your music in your office with the Microsoft Media Center list conveniently categorized by album cover art, artist, title or year.

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Use Microsoft Media Center to share educational television programs with colleagues

With Microsoft Media Center, your personal computer and a TV tuner, you have the ability to record relevant educational or breaking news television shows for your staff to watch at their convenience. There is no monthly fee to record TV programs using Microsoft Media Center, and the Microsoft Media Center provider programming guide lets you schedule recordings of one show or a whole series. Use the Microsoft Media Center information programming guide to search for television shows by title, keyword or genre.

I recommend: Get detailed Microsoft Media Center information about key television viewing and recording features at Microsoft. Learn about the Reuters interactive TV news channel for Microsoft Media Center at Reuters.com.

Utilize Microsoft Media Center to view, organize and share photos on the big screen

Microsoft Media Center creates a simple way to view, organize and share photos in your office. Use Microsoft Media Center to look at photos in rich detail on your computer monitor or on a centrally located television screen. With Microsoft Media Center, it is simple to access your computer's photo library organized by folder, photo date or tags, and even add music to create quick, easy and professional slide shows.

I recommend: Read a review of Microsoft Media Center's digital media capabilities at Last100. Check out a variety of blogs about Microsoft Media Center and learn how users are applying the photo features at WordPress.com.

Find Microsoft Media Center music files quickly and easily

The Microsoft Media Center takes your office music to the next level with advanced functionality. The Microsoft Media Library displays cover art for each album and song you own, enables you to rip music from your CDs to create a library, helps you build custom playlists and even allows you to tune into FM or Internet radio stations for breaking news. Find Microsoft Media Center music files sorted by album cover art, artist, title or year.

I recommend: Learn how to make the most of your Microsoft Media Center music features at CNET Reviews. Find out how others are utilizing the digital music file features and check out user screen shots at Coding Horror.

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• •  Microsoft Media Center comes standard only on computers with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. Microsoft Media Center is available for purchase or download from any Microsoft computer retailer.