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The digital home: Part 1

Active Home staff — 2005-05-27T12:28:24.000Z

Active Home staff, Active Home, Friday 27 May 2005 at 12:28:24

Once a dream but now a reality, the digital home is something that all of us can have. We look at Microsoft's real-world home and show you how it's done

Before you start imagining some kind of far-flung 'house of the future', all glowing neon and smooth metallic surfaces, let's just make one thing clear: the so-called digital home is...

The digital home: Part 2

Active Home staff — 2005-05-27T12:23:17.000Z

Active Home staff, Active Home, Friday 27 May 2005 at 12:23:17

The second part of our look at Microsoft's real-world digital home, where we show you how it's done

< Return to Part 1 of this articleAre you sitting comfortably?As the central component in a home entertainment system Media Center is likely to appeal to telly addicts everywhere, particularly...

Buyers' Guide: Home Networking

Active Home staff — 2005-05-27T10:33:21.000Z

Active Home staff, Active Home, Friday 27 May 2005 at 10:33:21

A home network can do so much more than let you share a printer between computers. You can play music stored on your PC around your home, and view photos and movies on your TV

< Return to Buyers Guide indexThe truly modern home is fully connected to the internet, and by that we don't just mean one PC in the back bedroom....

Philips Streamium MX6000I

Active Home staff — 2005-05-25T14:40:20.000Z

Active Home staff, Active Home, Wednesday 25 May 2005 at 14:40:20

Make yourself comfortable on the sofa and enjoy PC music and video in your living room with Philips' all-in-one home entertainment centre

The MX6000I is the flagship model of Philips' Streamium range. Described as a "complete wireless entertainment system", it's designed to play everything from DVD movies to streaming audio and video...