SageTV HD300 Makes a Wonderful HTPC replacement

So after a bit more than 3 years on SageTV for my TV watching and video content management, I finally ordered and now received an actual hardware extender from Sage for Sage.  There are many very favorable reviews out there already on the HD300 so I am not going to go a full rundown.

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The SageTV HD300 Will be mine :)

So after much thought and debate in my mind, a fix for my new Netflix affection has me all set to get an HD300…

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Netflix in Canada

Well, it was a long time coming but Netflix is finally in Canada.  There was a similar option called Zip.ca but they did not do streaming content.  Netflix is going the other way about it and is only streaming and not renting discs.  I know this posting is going up a little after they have launched but I have actually been able to use it and so has my wife and son so I have a more realistic feeling about it all

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SageTV Launches new HD Extender...

It has been a long while since I chimed off in here but this time it is a great subject!!!

SageTV has just launched a new HD extender for their sectacular new version of SageTV.  Sage has had SageTV Version 7 out in Beta for several months now and it is coming along quite nice.  This somewhat unexpected arrival to the party of the new HD300 extender is just the icing on the cake.  It was always assumed that they would come out with another version but when was the question.  Makes sense to launch it at the same time they are polishing off the beta status of SageTV 7.

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The End of the HTPC???

More comments to come but holy.  This is near totally perfect.

http://www.sagetv.com/hd_theater.html

Sage vs. VMC and MCE

The gang at HTPCentric did a very interesting podcast Friday that pit 2 supporters vs. 2 in a comparison of Sage and the Microsoft MC solution from the last few years.  That being Media Center in Vista (VMC) and the original bolt-on in XP Media Center (MCE).  I have listened all the way through and it was a very good podcast except that there was a number of unexplored issues that came up.  I plan on commenting on some of them while they are fresh in my mind.

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SageTV Releases 6.5

SageTV has released the latest update to their excellent product. It is now version 6.5.9.

The largest improvements that I have seen so far are the codecs being improved so that now all of the Quicktime videos from the Revision3 site all render properly when played or when fast forwarded. Previously, there was a large amount of artifacting.

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SageTV Demos Hulu

SageTV has now, at CES, demoed a beta implementation of Hulu from their HD extender.

This is big for a few reasons, the least of which is that it makes them the first commercial PVR software company to deliver this.

I will write some info on Hulu and why this is a really big deal this weekend.

SageTV Introduces New HD Extender

SageTV, the providor of quite possibly the best HTPC software and total home media solution has done it again.  A year after the release of their first HD extender, the HD100, Sage is now releasing the HD200.  The unit is smaller and supposedly faster than the HD100.  There are no real reviews out for it but Missing Remote has an unboxing that shows the physical difference between the two units.

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Western Digital launches a line of NAS devices

Western Digital has decided to get into the NAS market along with the likes of Drobo and Buffalo.  Pricing is $999 for a 4 TB and $699 for a 2 TB.

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