media center
Home theater cabinet
A media center is a piece of furniture designed to hold a television and related equipment—DVD players, gaming consoles, cable boxes, speakers.
The term also refers to software that organizes and plays digital entertainment files, or to a room or building equipped for viewing and creating media content: The school's media center has editing stations and a green screen.
Domestic entertainment system
- living roomHome's social space
- family roomInformal home gathering space
- denPrivate room or lair
- man cavePrivate male hangout space
viewing · binge-watching · movie night · surround sound · projector · big screen · gaming console · remote control
Subscription streaming service
- HuluVideo streaming platform
- Amazon PrimeE-commerce membership program
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- HBO MaxWarner's subscription streaming platform
on-demand · buffering · 4K · HD · resolution · bandwidth · subscription · casting
Media center software
- file sharingDistributing digital content online
- digital hubCentral platform connecting services
- home networkPrivate residential internet system
- integrationCombining into a whole
Computer's internal storage device
- NASNetwork-linked storage device
- terabytesTrillion-byte units
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- SSDChip-based storage device
cloud storage · metadata · thumbnails · RAID · external drive · movie database · music library · indexing
Data compression algorithm
- playlistArranged media collection
- file formatData organization specification
- MKVMultimedia container format
- MP4Multimedia container format
AVI · transcoding · subtitles · resume · shuffle · repeat · visualization · equalizer
home theater
Domestic entertainment system
- living roomHome's social space
- family roomInformal home gathering space
- denPrivate room or lair
man cave · viewing · binge-watching · movie night · surround sound · projector · big screen · gaming console · remote control · recliner
Netflix
Subscription streaming service
- HuluVideo streaming platform
- Amazon PrimeE-commerce membership program
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
HBO Max · on-demand · buffering · 4K · HD · resolution · bandwidth · subscription · casting · mirroring
Kodi
Media center software
- file sharingDistributing digital content online
- digital hubCentral platform connecting services
- home networkPrivate residential internet system
integration · distribution · receiver · amplifier · switcher
hard drive
Computer's internal storage device
SSD · cloud storage · metadata · thumbnails · RAID · external drive · movie database · music library · indexing · cataloging
codec
Data compression algorithm
- playlistArranged media collection
- file formatData organization specification
- MKVMultimedia container format
MP4 · AVI · transcoding · subtitles · resume · shuffle · repeat · visualization · equalizer · aspect ratio
- furniturebed, beds, chair, chairs, table
- librarylibrarian, book stacks, books, library card, bookshelves
- furnishingschairs, sofa set, sofas, armchair, tables
- living roomsofa, couch, coffee table, armchair, TV
- audio devicesmicrophone, mic, CD player, iPod, stereo
- campusdorm, dormitory, dormitories, dorms, quad
media centerbookcase
Furniture holding volumes
bookshelf · china cabinet · wardrobe · linen closet · pantry
media centerreading nook
Secluded spot for books
meditation corner · quiet room · nature retreat · tech-free zone
media centerlibrary
Book collection or building
reading room · archives · print collection · card catalog · newspaper stand
center, medium, media, mediator, mediate, mediation, intermediate, mass media, mediating