Windows 7 Home Theater PC (HTPC)
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Advantages
- Can watch any online media source because users have access to the the latest browsers
- Can playback almost any video source
- Expandable storage by adding a hard drive or setting up home media server
- Capable of Blu-Ray playback with a Blu-Ray drive, decent video card and some third party software
- If the user has a tuner card Windows Media Center can be configured to be used as a DVR
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Disadvantages
- Can be complex to setup and use
- A windows license can be expensive
- Third party Blu-Ray software can be expensive
- Not the easiest interface to use from the couch
