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Media Centre Queries!?

Hi. I have just bought a really nice TV (full hd, the works) and I am looking into purchasing a media centre. I want something which plays Blu-Ray DVD's, and which enables me to record TV. Now i am fine with functioning computers, but other members of the family do often struggle. I want to know - do the media centre pc's tend to boot-up quicker and easier? Can they turn on by the touch of a button on the remote control for example. When the computer does boot-up, is it easy to start the media centre program or software? And on that note, which is the best media centre software to get? I plan on getting the pc with Vista premium which would have Windows Media centre built in. Is that good enough? Does WMC play blu-ray dvds in the optimum quality? Basically, i just want to be assured on simplicity for less computer-literate people. Sorry for any confusion. I'm new to all this. Thanks

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1. You can control everything except turning the PC on from the media center remote. Watching tv, recording, watching recordings,changing channels. You can get online content. Theres a free tv guide it downloads for your area.Its pretty easy, They can probably learn pretty easily You may want to check with microsoft about the tv listings if you are in a different country besides the US. The tv listing is how it schedules recordings