Windows Media Center Extender
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Windows Media Center Extenders are set-top boxes that are configured to connect via a Ethernet or Wireless network to a computer running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition or Windows Vista Home Premium/Ultimate to stream the computer's media center functions to the Extender device. This allows someone to be able to use the Media Center and its features (such as view photos, videos, listen to music, watch live television and use DVR functions, watch recorded TV, etc.) on their television or other display device. The advantage with these devices that the household's primary computer (hosting Media Center) can be physically setup in a location more appropriate for its role, instead of being in the living room. The Xbox 360 gaming console is a good and very popular example of a Media Center Extender.
Media Center Extenders are based on a Windows CE operating system (with the exception of the Xbox 360), and use Remote Desktop Protocol to communicate with the host computer and render the user interface, however video is handled using a separate protocol. The Extender creates its own account on the host (MCX1, MCX2, etc.) and then uses a version of Fast User Switching to enable the use of the host and extenders at the same time.
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