Building a Digital Home Entertainment Network

Multimedia in Every Room

Terry Ulick

314 pages, parution le 23/08/2005

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Résumé

Play music in the living room from your PC in your home office. Connect to the Internet on your laptop in any room in your house. It can be done and all by you! Building a Home Entertainment Network: Multimedia in Every Room will show you how to take an Internet connection, digital audio and video equipment, and a PC, and then integrate them into a home entertainment powerhouse. Building a Home Entertainment Network will show you how to exploit your computer and other devices. You'll even learn tips on how to plan for your home entertainment network and how to purchase the best equipment. You have all the pieces, now just learn how to put them all together!

L'auteur - Terry Ulick

Terry Ulick is a technologist and author who starting writing about PCs for PC Magazine in the 1970's. He created the first online digital photo service for America Online, worked as Executive Director of Business Development for Tribune Company Entertainment Products and created Zap2it, one of the first interactive TV services. He wrote one of the first books on digital publishing, and most recently wrote The PC Magazine Guide to Windows XP Media Center PCs (Wiley, 2004). Experts from Intel will work with Terry to ensure that readers get the most from their home entertainment and network.

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Introduction
Planning Your Home Entertainment Network
- Planning the Right Home Entertainment Network for Your Home
- Configuring Your PC As an Entertainment Server
- Using PCs and TVs As Clients in Your Network
- Getting the Right Networking Gear
Installing The Network
- Adding a Network Router to Your Main PC
- Securing Your PCs
- Securing Your Home Entertainment Network
- Adding Additional PCs to the Router
- Adding TV and Media Extenders to the Network
- Limitations of Media Extenders on Wired and Wireless Networks
Managing A Home Entertainment Network
- Sharing Files and Adding Users or Groups
- Creating a Media Server Strategy
- Adding Media Content from the Internet
- Working with Portable Entertainment Devices
Going Beyond The PC Network
- TV Sources: Cable, Satellite, Antennas, and DVDs
- Using Game Consoles, DVD Players, and Digital Video Recorders
- Programming Your Own Media Network
- Resources
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Que
Auteur(s)	Terry Ulick
Parution	23/08/2005
Nb. de pages	314
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	578g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780789733184
ISBN13	978-0-7897-3318-4