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Thursday, December 21, 2006
PVR (Personal Video Recorder) has become all the rage since TiVos DVR (Digital Video Recorder) has spawned its popularity into the computer market in last few years. With Microsoft’s Media Center Edition of Vista and Apple’s pending iTV release, 2007 looks to be the year that PVRs break out and becomes mainstream. With third-party software already out for both platforms that do the PVR game pretty darn well, it’s any wonder that they will be working even harder to impress potential customers with their offerings. Competition is a great thing, ain’t it?
SageTV is one such competitor that wants not just one side of the market, but all of it. SageTV Media Center 6.0 is a full out PVR oozing with features many TiVo users have come to love. But SageTV goes the extra mile with features that TiVo can’t match such as playing unencrypted DVDs, video from sites such as Google TV, and it even has support for global DVB broadcasting standard, as well the ability to play virtually and music standard and video file. Like the TiVo, you can pause live TV and bring a recording with you for later viewing. Unlike TiVo, there is no monthly fee and you won’t be nickel-and-dimed for features like shows on the go as it’s all included in the one time cost of $99.
But wait, why stop there? SageTV knows that not all timeshifting viewers have a Windows box so it has made the Media Center available for you geeky Linux users, too! Mac users can join in on the fun with the just announce version of SageTV Placeshifter software. This makes SageTV the only cross-platform PVR for OS X, Windows, and Linux users. With the Placeshifter software installed, you’ll be able to view recorded shows, watch live TV, play music, or browse video files from anywhere in the world with a broadband or via a local area network (LAN) connection! It’s highly doubtful iTV will be able to pull of this task and we know Microsoft’s offering does not. BeyondTV? No Mac client. ReplayTV. Nope (it doesn’t even have legacy support for its old hardware boxes!)
Placeshifter comes bundled with Media Center and additional licenses can be purchased for $29.99. With the power and beauty of no monthly fines, er, fees, SageTV could be all the rage in ’07.
