What Vista Means For “TV To PC” And “PC To TV”
The word “vista” has everything to do with vision, both in the physical sense and the mental sense; that is, a view through a row of trees or a view of the future. For Bill Gates and Microsoft, Vista is the name of their new operating software, which is their “vision” of the future of personal computing. Skeptics say that Vista is too security heavy, to the point of inconvenience, and that consumers should wait months or years until the bugs are ironed out. Mac users say that Vista is Microsoft’s attempt to offer a slick interface design that is much closer to their own. But the common criticisms aside, Vista has done its part in opening up a few new possibilities for home entertainment and TV viewing.
With either Microsoft’s Home Premium Edition or Ultimate Edition of Vista, you get “Windows Media Center” included in the package. This is also included in the Windows “XP Media Center Edition,” but is enhanced in the newer version. The purpose of the Windows Media Center is to provide a reliable interface to all of the media content on...