Multimedia on the Web
World
Wide Web sites with nothing more than text and static pictures are quickly
becoming relics of the past. Now the Web is a gateway to multimedia experiences
where you can view enhanced television programs, hold online meetings with
family and colleagues, listen to audio clips of CDs at online music stores, and
more. You can even battle remote computer-game opponents at venues such as the
MSN® Gaming Zone.
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MSN TV
UltimateTV
The
DIRECTV Receiver compatible with UltimateTV® service transforms the way you
watch TV. It's a whole new way of controlling and interacting with your DIRECTV
programming. Only UltimateTV gives you the flexibility to watch and record two
live shows at once, or watch one show while recording another.* UltimateTV also
gives you control over live TV, and is both easy to use and interactive.
Digital video recording
Record
your TV shows and forget about messy and easy-to-lose VCR tapes. You can keep
all your recordings in your personal digital library. Use your new remote
control to watch and record two live shows at once, record up to 35 hours* of
programming in high-quality digital format, and set up your own TV recording
schedule.
Live TV controls
Watch
and control two TV shows at once. Pause, rewind, instant replay and slow motion
let you control live TV shows.
Easy and interactive
An
easy menu of options lets you choose what you want to do, from one-touch record,
to connecting to the Internet, to participating with interactive television
programming. UltimateTV even offers service upgrades through your satellite
hookup so you don't have to buy anything new to take advantage of service
improvements.
MSN TV
The
connections between television and the World Wide Web are creating a whole new
form of entertainment and information delivery: enhanced TV. Enhanced programs
combine traditional TV with interactive elements, so additional information
about a program is right at your fingertips.
The
MSN® TV service (formerly WebTV® service) is the friendly, easy-to-use way to
access the Internet.
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Explore the Internet right on your TV
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Stay in touch with friends and family
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It's so easy—no computer skills needed!
It's
a great place to start if you, a friend or family member is just beginning to
explore the Internet.
Sites to visit
Windows Media Player
Microsoft®
Windows® Media Player allows you to see and hear live and recorded
broadcasts—such as concerts and breaking news—over the Web. And streaming
technology allows you to see and hear the information as it arrives instead of
having to wait for the entire file to download.
Sites to visit
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Download Windows Media
Player for free*
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Download Internet Explorer 6
MSN Gaming Zone
On
the MSN Gaming Zone, 4 million gamers from around the world come together
online to play against each other. If you like games, visit the Zone today and
see why these players keep coming back.
What's your game?
On
the Zone, you can play:
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Card and board games such as cribbage, spades, checkers, and
backgammon
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CD-ROM-based games such as Microsoft Age of Empires® and Jedi
Knight
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Premium made-for-the-Internet games such as the World War II
online flight combat game Fighter Ace®
The
card, board, and CD-ROM-based games are free.* With thousands of members online
at any moment, you'll always find a worthy opponent. The Zone will even help
match you with another player.
Gamers
(and anyone who wants incredible graphics performance from their computer)
should check out the Microsoft Windows® XP operating system. It has built-in
support for:
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3-D acceleration—Provides 3-D realism and faster, smoother
performance of games, graphics, and multimedia applications.
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Multimedia Extensions (MMX)—MMX processors contain
extra commands designed to handle sound, video, and graphics much more
efficiently.
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DirectX® 5.0—Interface provides higher quality and realism
for game playing and multimedia experiences.
Sites to visit
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Microsoft Windows XP Web site
Shockwave
Shockwave
technology, from Macromedia, is one technology that allows users to deliver and
experience interactive multimedia, graphics, and streaming audio on the World
Wide Web. Shockwave elements are created and played back with Shockwave
Director, Shockwave Flash, Shockwave Authorware, and their players, which are
plug-ins for Web browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
Sites to visit
QuickTime
QuickTime®,
from Apple Computer, Inc., is one technology that makes it possible for World
Wide Web sites to feature audio and video clips. It allows site builders to
author digital audio and video files for their site, and it allows users to get
the intended multimedia experience. With QuickTime and other streaming media
tools, you can listen to and watch clips as soon as they start to download from
a site, rather than having to wait until download is complete. QuickTime can
play more than 30 video and audio file formats.
QuickTime
runs on the Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT®, and Macintosh®
operating systems. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 supports QuickTime video
playback.
Sites to visit
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Internet connect time charges may apply.
Macintosh, Power Macintosh and Quick Time are registered trademarks and the Mac OS logo and the Quick Time logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., used under license.