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Home theater PC

A home theater PC (HTPC) or media center computer is a convergent device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a media center application that focuses on video, photo, audio playback, and sometimes video recording functionality. Since the mid-2000s, other types of consumer electronics, including game consoles and…

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HTPC characteristics

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Software

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Digital media receivers and consumer electronics integration

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Home theater PC

Nodes140
Edges139
Triples63
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014286
Components1

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media video tv devices software home htpc digital center content also television including computers applications using cable windows computer htpcs

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TiVoinstance ofInnovations0.80text
ReplayTV allowed viewers to storeinstance ofInnovations0.80text
timeshift broadcast content using specially designed computersinstance ofInnovations0.80text
Windowsinstance ofIt started with re-purposing the Xbox as a home theater PC but has since been ported to many other platforms0.80text
Linuxinstance ofIt started with re-purposing the Xbox as a home theater PC but has since been ported to many other platforms0.80text
and moreinstance ofIt started with re-purposing the Xbox as a home theater PC but has since been ported to many other platforms0.80text
media serversinstance ofthe latter of which expanded to other fields0.80text
streaming mediainstance ofthe latter of which expanded to other fields0.80text
and live TVinstance ofthe latter of which expanded to other fields0.80text
Plexinstance ofsubscribers could view streaming content using their HTPCs with a browser or with plug-ins with applications0.80text
Kodiinstance ofsubscribers could view streaming content using their HTPCs with a browser or with plug-ins with applications0.80text
NBCinstance ofand broadcasters0.80text

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