For example, say you’re sitting on your couch, using your laptop to read e-mail or surf the Web, and you’d like to listen to some music, but your laptop speakers don’t sound good enough. With Windows 7, you can open Windows Media Player, right-click the song, album, or playlist you’d like to hear, select Play To, and you’ll see a list of supported devices and PCs on which you can play your music. In most cases, if your media receiver cannot play the file format for your media, Windows 7 will automatically detect that and translate the file into a format that your media receiver can play.
With Play To, you can use your PC as a controller to stream digital media to supported devices.
Windows 7 supports the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) v.1.5 standard, so you’ll have access to many different devices and functionality. You can use your PC running Windows 7 to stream media to network media devices that feature the Compatible with Windows 7 logo, which incorporates the DNLA v1.5 specification.
