Frey Technologies' SageTV 2.0 - A SnapStream Alternative
by Andrew Ku on July 25, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Frey's supplied us with the SageTV Multi-Tuner "Blackbird" Bundle w/ Remote, priced at $256.95, which consists of two Hauppauge Roslyn WinTV PVR cards, SageTV 2.0, SageTV Client 2.0, SageTV Recorder 2.0, and a StreamZap remote. We aren't exactly sure where the Roslyn card fits in with the rest of the WinTV PVR cards by Hauppauge, since it isn't presented as one of their consumer products, which means that it is likely an OEM solution.
Roslyn PVR card
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So far as we can tell, it is basically identical to the WinTV-PVR-250BTV, an off-shoot of the WinTV-PVR-250 card for SnapStream's Beyond TV. Both closely resembles the WinTV-PVR-250MCE and seem to be an OEM/noncompliant MCE version of the WinTV-PVR-250MCE card. Whether or not the WinTV-PVR-250BTV and Roslyn WinTV card use different ASIC IDs, we don't know. The only significance in mentioning this is that the drivers for both cards can't be downloaded off Hauppauge's support site.
Since it looks like we are going to be doing multimedia networking stuff for a while to come, we have standardized our multimedia network with D-Link LAN, 802.11b and 802.11g equipment, which consists of:
- DI-624 2.4GHz 802.11b/802.11g Router
- DGS-1008D Gigabit Switch
- DCF-660W 2.4GHz Wireless CompactFlash Card
- DWL-122 2.4GHz 802.11b Wireless USB adapter
- DWL-120+ 2.4GHz 802.11b Wireless USB adapter
- DWL-G120 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 adapter
- DWL-G650 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless Cardbus adapter
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MlbDude - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Saist - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
I only have one comment to make.D-link??? EWWWWW.
Spearhawk - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Nice article. It would be intresting to see a simelar on GB-PVR (http://www.gbpvr.com/), which is freeware. I actuly prefare it before Sage TV.nullpointerus - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Very interesting article! I would like to add one bit of information: while it is true that SnapStream cannot stream hardware-encoded TV files over the network without a fairly lengthy reencoding process, they will be removing this restriction in the next version. Also, they will be adding multiple tuner support, parental controls, and some user privacy settings. Maybe Anandtech will reexamine SnapStream at that time? The HTPC world seems to be in a very "buyer beware" mode right now, and it's good to have such in-depth reviews of each product.coolred - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Still reading, looks good so far. I have been using sage TV 2.0 for about a month or so now, works great. One thing though, I see you mentioned that it is available for download only, and while this may be the case from frey themselves, PC alchemy sells sage TV as both a download or on a CD, thats where I got mine from.I believe one of thier employees, or possibly the owner himself is a member of these fine forums we have.
Keep up the good work. Next we need a "How to build and awesome HTPC" article.