From yourgreenfriend.com The home theater PC, or “HTPC” as it is often called, has never really gained a lot of traction – it seems doomed to forever remain a niche product, especially as home video game consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation step up and become high-definition media devices. Still, with streaming video Web sites like Hulu confined to PCs, the HTPC can still have a place under many TVs, and the low cost of decent computing equipment these days makes it more affordable than ever to put one together. In this, the first post in a two part series, I’ll cover why Windows 7 is an ideal operating system to use in an HTPC – in the next post, I’ll show you what I used to put together my own HTPC and why.

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Windows 7 in an HTPC, Part One