Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 lets you do everything other Windows XP PCs do and a whole lot more. Browse the Web, play your favourite PC games, e-mail and instant message your friends, and install and use programs designed for Windows XP. Media Centre also delivers a powerful yet familiar way to enjoy all of your digital entertainment, photos, music, TV, movies, home videos, radio, and a world of applications and services whether you're sitting in front of your Windows desktop or across the room with a remote control. Media Centre is your all in one PC and home entertainment centre.

Enjoy DVD movies on your Media Centre PC. You’ll get full progressive scan DVD playback with online chapter lookup on Media Centre PCs equipped with DVD decoders manufactured by Media Centre partners (standard hardware on new PC configurations).

My TV offers a simple way to browse, watch, and record TV, even on multiple channels at the same time (both analog and over-the-air digital). TV features work with an antenna, cable, or satellite TV signal and have a fast and easy setup. My TV includes Live TV, Recorded TV, the Program Guide, Guide Search, and the new Movie Finder2 service all without a monthly service fee.

My Music offers access to your personal and online music collection. Now it's easier than ever to play a music CD, copy it into your library, burn a CD, create a playlist, and edit album details.

My Pictures provides a fun new way to instantly enjoy and share your digital photos. Download pictures from your digital camera, view your pictures and graphics, create a near-instant slide show, touch up, print, and burn photos to CD all with your remote control.

Burn recorded TV to CDs and DVDs with built in CD/DVD burning, easily share pictures and home movies, and burn CD mixes.

Online Spotlight is your portal into a wide and growing range of on-demand entertainment. Online Spotlight is an online guide that offers quick and easy access to a wide range of music and radio services, movie download and on-demand services, as well as information services which give you instant access to customised sports, news, and entertainment programming online.

Enjoy hours of TV, music, video, and digital photos on the go by transferring your favourite media to a Portable Media Centre, Smartphone, Pocket PC, music player, or other storage devices, such as external hard disk drives.

The Media Centre remote control keeps all of the entertainment on your computer within easy reach, complementing the keyboard and mouse.

The new Movie Finder makes it easy to find movies you love. Get the most value out of your cable or satellite TV package by easily discovering and recording movies already available on your line up, or learn how to rent new movies or old favourites with online movie services.

Enjoy true digital and high-definition local TV programming and personal video recording. Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 now supports full live TV and personal video recording support for ATSC Digital TV (480p) and High Definition TV (720p/1080i) local network TV programming delivered via UHF antenna.

My Radio offers instant access to your Internet or FM radio services and keeps them all in one easy-to-find place. FM radio listeners have simple access to radio presets just like a car stereo and can even pause and rewind up to 30 minutes of live radio.

More Programs offers simple organisation and access to applications and services designed for Media Centre that are installed and available on your Media Centre PC. The More Programs menu option organises all of your installed applications and services designed for Media Centre in one place.