A Media Centre is a computer purpose built for playing music, watching movies and viewing pictures stored on the hard drive, watching DVD movies and TV with the ability to pause and rewind live TV while recording a different channel.

The Blueroom AV can custom built your Media Centre to your requirements with your choice of Software either Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 or Vista Home Premium or Higher Version.

Functionality and advantages:

Typical, complete media centres offer the following functionality and advantages to the user:

Integration of all forms of media, entertainment and communication functions including TV-reception (analogue TV, Digital TV via terrestrial, cable, satellite, IPTV, WebTV-networks), broadband Internet access, IP-telephony, video-telephony, e-mail etc. into one common user friendly graphical user interface controlled with a remote control or wireless keyboard by the family members typically in the living room from the comfort of a lounge chair.

Ability to receive digital media files, via direct video signal, computer network or USB.

Ability to store digital media on a standard computer hard disk drive.

Ability to playback digital media through standard TV/Hi-Fi equipment.

Simplicity, compared to a computer equipped to accomplish transfer, storage and TV/Hi-Fi playback.

Though media centres are often built using similar components to personal computers, they are often smaller; Media Centres sometimes have hardware that is not usually seen in personal computers, such as receivers for remote controls, or television tuner cards. The majority of people do not understand what a Media Centre is capable of but once the features are demonstrated to them, are sold on what an amazing compact all in one user friendly system it is.

Common applications:

There are several common applications for which media centres are beginning to gain popularity. Simply put, any application requiring the playback of digital media based files, but not requiring the full features and flexibility of a personal computer stands to benefit from the reduced size, reduced complexity and reduced cost of media centres when compared to similarly equipped PC's.

Common applications include:

Home Theatre

Digital Sign Systems

Automotive Entertainment Systems i.e. limousines, tour buses, car stereos

In flight/room entertainment and Video On Demand Systems

Mobile sales professionals

Portable collections for travellers and audio/video enthusiasts