Windows 8 Media Center

Windows 8 Media Center is an extension of Windows 8 functionality that movie, TV, and music fans will surely appreciate no doubt. This is the classic Media Center system that already existed in previous versions of the operating system, but adapted to the new features of Windows 8.

The main feature of Windows 8 Media Center is its careful interface, focused on making it as easy as possible for the user to consume multimedia content. Movies, music, pictures and television, which can be recorded to watch whenever you want, are much more enjoyable when consumed through Windows 8 Media Center.

Windows 8 Media Center Features

Windows 8 Media Center is a version of Windows focused on the consumption of content in a simple way It is installed as part of the system and runs as one more application, which is available on the Advanced Desktop. Just click on the application to start it and start enjoying the improved display options offered by this extended version of the system.

One of the most outstanding features of Windows 8 Media Center is, as in previous versions of the system, that it is intended for use away from the computer screen, through the remote control. The options on the screen are shown with a letter large enough to be seen from a television distance and choosing what you want to do is very simple when using a remote control: watch movies stored on our equipment, play a DVD, press play to Let the music start playing, skip the song, these are actions that in Windows 8 Media Center are executed perfectly from a distance, without having to get up from the sofa.

It's also easy to watch live TV or record a show to watch later. Of course, for this you need to have a TV receiving card and an antenna connection in the equipment. To record video, all you need is space on your hard drive.

How to get Windows 8 Media Center

To install Windows 8 Media Center on our computer, the first thing that is needed is to previously have Windows 8 installed on the computer and validate the copy. If you already have it, to extend the multimedia functionality with the Windows 8 Media Center Pack, the next thing to do is go to the web enabled by Microsoft to download it.

On this page, the user is asked to provide an email account so that Microsoft, after a validation process that can take up to 72 hours, sends the Windows 8 Media Center Pack product key .Once you receive the product key, just follow these simple steps indicated by Microsoft to download and install it on your computer:

• "Move to the right edge of the screen and tap Search."
• "Enter the text add features in the search box and click Settings."
• "Click Add features to Windows 8."
• "Then click I already have a product key."
• "Enter the product key (Windows 8 Media Center Pack) that you received by email and click Next."
• "Read the license terms, select the checkbox to accept them, and click Add Features."

And that's all it takes to start enjoying the multimedia experience of Windows 8 Media Center. Watching television, videos and playing music from our personal multimedia files has never been so easy.

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