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Project 12
Use Your PC
as Your Home
Theater
What You??™ll Need
Hardware: Your existing TV or projector, cables
Software: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition or Windows Vista
Ultimate Edition
Cost: Free, as long as you have a TV or projector
If your PC started life as a Media Center, or if you??™ve turned it into one (as described
in Project 5), you??™ve probably gotten used to watching TV on it, and maybe
recording one show while you??™re watching another. Watching is great on your
large-screen LCD??”but doesn??™t it spoil your enjoyment when the other members of
your family park themselves around your desk, peering over your shoulder as you bite
your nails through the final few minutes of the ballgame? Or maybe they decide that
the DVD you??™re watching beats any available TV channel hands down.
Either way, if you want your family or household members to be able to enjoy the
TV as much as you do, you probably need to display the picture on a larger screen. This
project shows you how to use your PC as your home theater by connecting the PC to
either your TV or to a projector.
Step 1: Choose a Connection Type
The first step??”and in some ways the most complex??”is choosing the right type of connection
to use between your PC and the TV or projector. Depending on your PC and
the TV or projector, you may have only one choice of connection, but in many cases,
you??™ll need to decide among two, three, or more types of connection.
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