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.

Click to read more ...

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…

Click to read more ...

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.

Click to read more ...

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.

Click to read more ...

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.

Click to read more ...