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Some basic tasks such as browsing for media or importing files take more button presses than I would have expected. The extender's interface was generally easy to navigate, though I could have used fewer dialog boxes. An update of the SageTV software from 6.2.10 to the 6.3.5 beta on the Mac, however, solved that problem neatly. Once that screen appeared, the entire unit froze and would respond again only after a cold reboot. The media extender repeatedly hung upon choosing the language within the Setup sequence.
Before I began, I updated my test unit to the latest firmware, but I ran into one major setup glitch.
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I tested the HD Media Extender by connecting it via HDMI to a 42-inch Panasonic plasma HDTV and ran the OS X version of the SageTV client software on a Core 2 Duo iMac equipped with 4GB of RAM. On the plus side, because the HD Media Extender uses wired Ethernet to connect to your home network, you're virtually guaranteed sufficient throughput for high-definition video. Unfortunately, Wi-Fi isn't supported: If your PC is in the basement and your home isn't prewired for Ethernet, this product isn't for you. There's also an optical digital audio output along with an Ethernet port. You get only composite cables in the box, so you'll have to budget for more cords to take advantage of the other outputs.
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(In the device's PDF user manual, the company acknowledges that these ports aren't currently active.) The rear panel, meanwhile, offers HDMI, component, S-Video, and composite A/V outputs. Its slim, black plastic front panel contains the usual Stop, Play, Pause, and Search controls, along with a Standby switch and two nonfunctioning-and therefore somewhat odd-USB ports. The HD Media Extender comes with a full-featured remote control and looks like your typical A/V component.
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For standalone video, the HD Media Extender supports AVI, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VOB, and WMV videos at up to 1080p resolution. Additional licenses ($29 each) are required for each additional host PC. One license will work in conjunction with one or more TV tuner cards installed in one computer to watch live television, record shows using a schedule guide, and place-shift live programming like a TiVo. SageTV sells a package that includes one HD Media Extender and one license for $249.95 (the HD Media Extender alone is $199.95). Since the HD Media Extender comes with no software and doesn't work as a standalone box, you'll need to buy a license to use the device. While it's not as dead simple to use as, say, the Apple TV, this device does an excellent job of streaming beautiful HD video.
Since it's a true media extender, you don't have to transfer files to the actual box. Need a cheap way to get the media-even the high-definition stuff-on your PC to your TV? The SageTV HD Media Extender lets you watch live or recorded HDTV programming as well as online video, music, and photos on any TV in your home.
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I know a fresh INSTALL of XP would probably do it but I don't have time to take the system down for that long. I running windows xp.Īnyhelp to help me pinpoint the problem. It gets somewhere close to the end or midway and gets an error (sure it might be related). I think something (divers/files) is wrong or corrupted.
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installed 1.56 drivers for HDPVR and fresh drivers for pvr500Īnd still get the start and stop if I use either HDPVR or pvr500 I used HCWclear (to clear drivers of Hauppague) It starts and there is always an write error somewhere midway. I get a start and stop recording (get patches of not recording) and sagetv seems to stop responding but later starts responding again (maybe because of the start stop patches of recording).
Cleaned up my system and virus free but having issues when recording form the Hauppauge cards (my 3 hdhr work flawlessly), My Hauppauge HD-pvr and pvr-500 cards used to work flawlessly until a virus hit my system. Hello All, I have a long post of explaining but here is the basic problem.