Chapter 6. Watching the Show

In This Chapter

• Why watching TV on your media center changes everything

• Watching TV and time-shifting with your remote control

• Watching TV and time-shifting with your mouse and keyboard

• Watching out for the kids : using parental controls

There are a lot of good reasons to buy a Media Center PC, but for most people, the feature that really sets it apart from the crowded field of PC competitors is the ability to watch, control, and record live television directly on the computer.

The integration of TV capture capability in a PC isn't brand-new , but to have the features built-in at the factory, and controlled as part of the PC's basic Windows operating system, is new. And by most accounts, it's been worth the wait.