SageTV 6.0 is out today.What can you expect from the latest version of this software-based PVR?
- Browse, select, and watch Google Video on your TV
- Support for DVB-T and DVB-C digital broadcast standards, with DVB-S support on its way. ATSC, NTSC, and PAL standards are already supported
- Play unencrypted DVD libraries on a TV using SageTV Media Extender, including menus and special features
- Video thumbnails
- Expanded file support, including unprotected AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, MOV, 3GP, MPEG4, and H.264
- Video Playlists
SageTV also announced Placeshifter software for Mac today. The software will be available as a $100 bundle with SageTV Media Center for PC or Linux, and will let Mac users connect to a SageTV Media Center machine to watch live or recorded programs, or schedule new recordings.
While this seems useful if you happen to have a couple of computers lying around the house, and one of them is a Mac, I would imagine most Mac users would rather have a Mac client of SageTV, and not just a placeshifting 2-computer solution.
1. They do have a full-fledged version for the Mac in beta testing. Though I imagine most folks will go with ElGato solutions or wait to see what the iTV delivers.
Posted at 4:37PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Dave Zatz