DC Technologies

“Media Extender” is a phrase that is becoming more prevalent these days, soon it will be a household name. A media extender is a device that essentially “extends” a media source, such as a DVD player, to another area of the house.

Just imagine a device (The Media Center Extender) sending audio or video from your PC running Windows Media Center to other devices in your home such as televisions, radios, and personal audio players.

One of the more popular Media Center Extender devices that is presently available is certainly the highly touted Xbox 360. Microsoft’s latest foray into the world of console gaming systems is now capable of interfacing with a Media Center PC to provide room-to-room entertainment via either a 100 Megabit wired home network or a wireless one, such as 802.11g or 802.11n.

Summarily, if you have a Media Center PC with an extensive library of legally-obtained music, video, and other media on your computer, you certainly may have a use for the Xbox 360’s Media Center Extender capabilities, or for one of the other media extenders on the market (offered by LinkSys and other tech manufacturers).

If you’ve been looking for an effective way to bring digital media to each room of your house without having to burn and re-burn CDs and DVDs, media extenders may be the brand new technology for your wireless home!