Appendix 1. Multimedia PC Entertainment System Networking

Chapter Syllabus

  • Multimedia PC Entertainment System Components

  • Multimedia PC Entertainment System Functions

  • Networking a Multimedia PC Entertainment System

  • Summary

  • Key Technical Terms

  • Review Questions

An emerging PC application is multimedia PC entertainment. Such systems use a large flat-panel monitor, a multimedia PC with 5.1 surround sound, DVD drive, and a TV tuner graphics card to perform multimedia entertainment center functions. What is an executive office without a TV and music? So, as a bonus, we need to look at multimedia PC entertainment systems.

Multimedia PC entertainment systems display TV programs and DVD movies, surf the Web, encode and play MP3 music, and much more. Once you ...

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