Windows Vista: Home Entertainment with Windows Media Center and Xbox 360 (Media Center & Xbox 360) [Paperback]

S. E. Slack (Author), Greg Slack (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735624488 | ISBN-13: 978-0735624481 | Publication Date: October 3, 2007 | Edition: 1

Connect! Create! Play! And discover digital home entertainment made easy with Windows Vista, Windows Media Center, and Xbox 360. This book is full of activities that help you create a vivid entertainment experience in every room of your home. It’s loaded with easy how-to’s, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to help you focus on the fun. Let your imagination run wild and take a front row seat as you enjoy eye-popping graphics, 3D gaming on the big screen, and stunning cinematic experiences—all with one remote!

Discover how to:

• Transform one PC into a hub for entertainment throughout your entire home
• Bring home the concert hall and movie theater with dazzling sound and hi-def, big-screen picture
• Create digital slide shows, home movies, photo albums, and music libraries to share throughout the home
• Rent and download movies, record your favorite shows, watch them on your time
• Game on! Download the hottest games or your retro favorites, and match wits online
• Customize your system and set parental controls to meet the needs of the whole family

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From the Publisher

Key Book Benefits:

Written by a family--for your family

Features fun projects from sharing your music throughout the home to making memories with photo slideshows

Focuses on fun--not technology!

About the Author

S. E. Slack is a writer and author who works every day in her digital home office. With more than 16 years of writing experience, she specializes in technology with an emphasis on "de-gunking" technology so that users can get more from their PC. She has written several computer books and coauthored Breakthrough Windows Vista: Find Your Favorite Features and Discover the Possibilities. In addition, she regularly contributes to Microsoft.com Web sites, including Work Essentials, Microsoft At Home, and Windows Vista Community.

Greg Slack, MCSE, has designed, managed and implemented several companywide upgrades and rollouts, including upgrading operating systems. He has played an integral part in the development, implementation, and maintenance of group policy for various companies that incorporated both system security and individual applications. He also has extensive experience supporting local and wide area networks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (October 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735624488
• ISBN-13: 978-0735624481
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,614,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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