An earlier term for a Windows PC that included stereo sound and a CD-ROM or DVD drive. Although many lightweight laptops no longer include optical drives, personal computers of all types (Windows, Mac ...

Daniel Sterling rarely uses his computer for computing. Sterling depends on his Hewlett-Packard Co. Media Center Edition PC to record television shows, manage music playlists and organize digital ...

They are already the repositories for digital photos, music and video collections. With an attached TV or radio tuner and digital video recorder and encoder, they can replace nearly every ...

Acer’s Revo One is a small desktop computer that the company is positioning as a media hub. It supports up to an Intel Core i5 Broadwell processor, up to 6TB of storage, and features dual display ...

Sony has launched their new Vaio VGC-V25 all-in-one multimedia PC to not much acclaim at all. The new Viao isn’t the strongest kid on the block, due largely to Sony’s decision to build a multimedia PC ...

With its new VAIO PCV-RXG408 Sony has created a successful version of the "media PC" -- a computer that doubles as a personal video recorder (PVR) -- but some buyers may find the price tag a bit high, ...

Gateway Inc. plans to release two additional Media Center PCs Thursday, hoping that consumer excitement over multimedia will boost what is forecast as a weak holiday season for consumer PCs. The ...

Microsoft launches an updated version of its Media Center PC operating system for home multimedia systems, part of its effort to put multiple machines in every household. During her years at CNET News ...

Microsoft has made Windows XP Media Center edition available to only a few large system builders, such as Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Sony, and Viewsonic. That complicates things for system builders who ...