Experience the Joy of a Home Theatre PC (HTPC)
Our belief has always been that the PC should be the central hub for all of the media content that we use in our home. As we transition into this new paradigm, of how we receive and use that content, how do we harness the technology that is constantly changing and evolving on a daily basis right before our eyes? We live in extrordinary times. So you need to decide for yourself how far you want to go, how much time you have to devote to the project, and how much of a budget/investment you are willing to make.

Windows Media Center

Building a Home Theater PC can be a  better option for enabling your entertainment center for various forms of digital media playback capability. With technology today, we can consolidate items, such as your stand-alone Blu-ray, DVD or CD player. The time has come to bring the PC, in all it's glory into  your living room entertainment center with real intelligence, multimedia expandable storage, sharing, and streaming content to other devices in your home. It's time to design, and build a HTPC (Home Theater PC).

There are an enormous amount of choices, available for the operating system. So how do you decide? For us, we recommend Microsoft's Windows 7 Professional with Media Center for the Operating System. Windows Media Center is the basis for managing the media content, and integrating the apps into it. We've provided a list of useful links to 3rd party apps and forums here, to help get you started.

My Movies Integration into Windows Media Center