What does a HTPC do?

Easy access to your entertainment

All Digital Distinction systems gives you total control over your entertainment giving you easy access to all your entertainment experiences from a single source without the need for separate audio/video components. You have access to: live and recorded TV, movies and videos, photos, radio, and on-demand entertainment.
 
DVD playback

Our HTPC range lets you watch DVD movies with high definition clarity through progressive scan playback and NVIDIA PureVideo technology.

The high powered graphics system features NVIDIA PureVideo technology to ensure superb picture clarity and gives you the ability to scale videos to any size with full resolution video enhancement without noise or artifacts.

Control your TV

A high definition digital tuner, lets you watch your favourite TV shows in startlingly realistic high definition, and with 2 tuners there won’t be any fights over which channel to watch. Now you can record one channel and watch another at the same time.

An integrated electronic program guide, makes choosing what to watch easy, and recording your favourite programs even easier.

Want even more control over your TV? Well now you can pause, and rewind and replay live TV.
 

Our range of machines offer simple access to your personal and online music collection, making it easy for you to play music CDs, copy it into your music library, create play lists and rate your music.

Your HTPC can even become your personal DJ, learning what you like to listen to and automatically creating playlists for you!

Photography

A HTPC makes viewing and sharing your photos easy. Just plug your camera in and transfer photos with a click, then edit them, and instantly create slide shows complete with music soundtrack.

Burn baby, burn!

It makes it easy to back up your photos, music, TV programs, and home movies on DVDs or share photos and home movies on DVDs that play in most home DVD players.

Total connectivity

All our HTPC’s give you total connectivity for integration into your home. Supported video outputs include: Component video, S-Video, DVI, D-Sub, and Composite

Digital audio outputs are provided by an optical and co-axial S/PDIF connections for connecting to an external decoder/receiver. 5.1 channel analogue outputs let you plug the AVX-700 to amplified speakers.

An analogue line input, lets you digitize your old records or tapes.

Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005

The System comes preloaded and pre-configured specifically for your environment with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edtion 2005, this new edition offers multi-tuner support, support for digital and high definition digital TV, built-in CD and DVD burning and better navigation.

Media Center Edition 2005 also gives you all the power of Windows, allowing you to run your favourite programs.

Click here to see more information about Media Center 2005 and try it for yourself.