Powered by Windows Media Center, Media Center PCs are complete Windows machines enhanced for home entertainment. These computers represent the evolution of home PCs into digital media hubs that bring together your entertainment choices and allow you to access them with one remote control in multiple rooms of your home.

The Windows Media Center platform enables you to create rich media applications and services for use with mouse, keyboard, and remote control.

This section contains programmability documentation, sample programs, and templates; Windows Media Center application user interface guidelines; and other resources for software development on the Windows Media Center platform.