Slowly but surely, Microsoft is moving into your living room. After years of failed attempts by cable and satellite-TV companies to sell set-top boxes and receivers, it turns out that the product that drives the long―awaited convergence between computing and entertainment may be Windows― in the form of the Media Center PC. Media Center is a version of Windows XP that lets users watch video on a PC―including real-time TV and shows recorded to a hard drive. It also lets you use a remote control to manage music on the PC from across the room. On Sept. 30, Microsoft introduced a more capable version of Media Center. The fresh edition fixes a number of the annoyances that marred the original, but it remains flawed in several important respects.
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机译：微软肯定会慢慢地进入您的客厅。在有线电视公司和卫星电视公司多年尝试出售机顶盒和接收器的失败尝试之后，事实证明，推动人们期待已久的计算和娱乐融合的产品可能是Windows，其形式是Media Center PC。 。 Media Center是Windows XP的一个版本，它使用户可以在PC上观看视频，包括实时电视和录制到硬盘上的节目。它还使您可以使用遥控器在整个房间的PC上管理音乐。 9月30日，Microsoft推出了功能更强大的Media Center版本。新版本修复了许多破坏原版的烦恼，但在几个重要方面仍存在缺陷。
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