Why Home Theatre PCs rock
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htpc media centre technology windows 7About 18 months ago I built a Windows 7 based home theatre PC to drive my big shiny new plasma TV. I haven’t look back and I love the functionality it provides. What is a home theatre PC? My definition is that it’s a computer with the ability to *record *and playback all types of media and is usually the main driver of content on a TV. For me that record functionality is the critical difference between a media player and a home theatre PC. The basic hardware is: a TV a PC with a TV tuner and…