Pics from CES

[glbrown]

The booth has been very busy every time I stopped by.

Someone asked for pictures so here they are.

enjoy

[glbrown]

And a few more.

[Cayars]

From sage6.jpg

SageTV Linux Media Center
5th Bullet - "Schedule recordings anywhere using the Online Scheduling tool via the web"

[ToxMox]

What?!?!?! Jeff is a human? I always thought he was a really smart cat.

[JasonJoel]

Couple comments...

1. I think Jeff and Dan should give me one of those white button down SageTV shirts

2. It is interesting to see on their sign "Schedule Recordings Anywhere using the Online Scheduling tgool via the Web". Wonder what that is going to look like. A Nielm web scheduling derivative, or I wonder if they made thgeir own independantly of Nielm.

EDIT: Carlo beat me to comment two. Carlo, quit getting up so early.

Jason Bottjen

[BerrantRyke]

Those shirts really should be added to the store....

/me wants specs on the extender.... Can I use cayars STV on it, will comskip work? Ohh, the wait is killing me.....

[JasonJoel]

Well, since we know now that the Extended is a Hauppauge Media MVP I think you know most of what it has/will do...

Assuming it isn't some next gen MediaMVP (which has not been announced by Hauppauge), it will have:
1. Svideo and composite video out (no component)
2. By SDTV resolution
3. No SPDIF audio, only RCA jacks
4. Be able to use any STV (just like the current MediaMVP client for SageTV does)
5. Will support COMSKIP if the STV does
6. Costs $99

What we don't know yet:
1. Will it play DIVX (through transcoding on the host PC - The MediaMVP will not play them natively)
2. If you have an existing MVP can you install Sage's version of the client on it
3. If it is on some next gen MediaMVP then things may be different. But who knows.

Jason Bottjen

Originally Posted by BerrantRyke

Those shirts really should be added to the store....

/me wants specs on the extender.... Can I use cayars STV on it, will comskip work? Ohh, the wait is killing me.....

[krutaw]

Originally Posted by BerrantRyke

Those shirts really should be added to the store....

/me wants specs on the extender.... Can I use cayars STV on it, will comskip work? Ohh, the wait is killing me.....

Am I the only one that's disappointed with what Frey came up with? I mean, okay we've been told for months that they're not able to talk about what they're doing so as to keep everything confidential.

Ummm... other than the linux port (which is way overdue in my mind) nothing was a surprise here. There were no new super cool features added that would make me want to beg for beta code. Am I just being petty here, or is anyone else feeling a little let down after all the suspense?

I guess my biggest let down here is the fact that we still have absolutely zero HD support. (insert Charlie Brown "Uggggh" here) And let's not even talk about Studio.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

What?!?!?! Jeff is a human? I always thought he was a really smart cat.

Maybe he's a hired actor. You don't think they would let the cat out of the bag, do you?

There are pics of the main menu, but there are no images of TV playback, so perhaps a shot of the OSD would be useful -- see the attachment. The bottom portion has 3 sections (live tv info, time bar, vol/transports/time), which will turn on according to the situation. example: Not live = no live tv info; press FF = just see the time bar; etc. (Yes, the TV image is grainy... it is old video footage.)

krutaw: they are releasing what they are ready to talk about.

- Andy

[silkshadow]

Thanks for the pics glbrown! Now I finally understand what this whole Sage Media center thing is. Its a full blown appliance, basically Tivo without all the proprietary crap (right?). This is extremely cool. I wonder if they were able to add slo-mo replay? Definately something I would like to see in action. Truthfully, I can't see this doing well in the US (its hard to take on Tivo and alot of cable companies are giving a PVR appliance with service I understand) but in places where there is no Tivo (like here), I can see this selling well to the technically challenged.

[edbmdave]

Originally Posted by glbrown

The booth has been very busy every time I stopped by.

Someone asked for pictures so here they are.

enjoy

Thanks for the pictures. Hope you enjoyed the show.

[kny3twalker]

thanks for pics
the updated UI looks nice
from the CES and Opus4 pics
and thank you too Opus4 for the pic

[hoep]

well maybe i'm blind, but except of the new osd i cannot see differences in the ui..

[phenixdragon]

I have to agree, the MediaMVP is pretty outdated. I would like to see something else to have a client running on. Just now the MediaMVP seems cheap to have compared to some of the new systems out there. Just we are not into where these things are suppose to look good on your A/V rack and a media MVP just doesn't do it now.

[exdirtfarmer]

Originally Posted by krutaw

Am I the only one that's disappointed with what Frey came up with? I mean, okay we've been told for months that they're not able to talk about what they're doing so as to keep everything confidential.

Your are bviously not the only one considering all the whining on the forums.

Ummm... other than the linux port (which is way overdue in my mind) nothing was a surprise here. There were no new super cool features added that would make me want to beg for beta code. Am I just being petty here, or is anyone else feeling a little let down after all the suspense?

Seems like your not the only one let down, but maybe you'll learn a little something from the experience. Expect less, then when you find out the real scoop maybe there will be a few pleasant surprises... then again maybe not.

I guess my biggest let down here is the fact that we still have absolutely zero HD support. (insert Charlie Brown "Uggggh" here) And let's not even talk about Studio.

I guess they don't believe that there is enough $$$$ developing for HD support yet. Personally I'm just looking for a way to distribute all the media to a few TV's in the house, and I certainly will not be spending thousands of dollars to purchase High Definition TV's for every room. If you want some specific support, give them a call and get your check book out, money talks.
As for Studio, I am sure they don't want to have to deal with the support headache, and they obviously changed their mind about who they want to distibute it to. I must have missed all the hype before the show, then again maybe I'm just getting to old to get excited by it. Let's all wait a couple of weeks and see what happens after the show. I'm looking forward to purchasing a couple of media extenders to plug in to my SDTV's. Drink a cold beer and enjoy the things we have.

Thanks for the pics, glbrown, and Opus4!


Alan

[mayamaniac]

glbrown, thanks for the picts. Were you able to talk to any of the reps? Give us any info you got on the new products.

opus4, where did you get that OSD image, are there more? Overall, the menus look the same, but that playback OSD is a bit different.

[mightyt]

Cool Pix ... thanks glbrown & Opus4 !! This is great for those of us feeling left out because we couldn't be there ...

I love the new OSD layout ...

I noticed on Sage3.jpg that there is no back arrow to the left of the Sage logo ... Interesting

Plus I could not figure out what that green icon was sitting above the date and time??

I also noticed the Media MVP just below the screen making me wonder if that is "in fact" the inevitable supported extender.

Thanks again, T.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by mayamaniac

opus4, where did you get that OSD image

It is a screen cap.

Originally Posted by mightyt

I noticed on Sage3.jpg that there is no back arrow to the left of the Sage logo ... Interesting

Plus I could not figure out what that green icon was sitting above the date and time??

I also noticed the Media MVP just below the screen making me wonder if that is "in fact" the inevitable supported extender.

It has already been noted that the extender is an MVP. That image is showing the UI displayed by the MVP; the mouse icons have probably been turned off, so there is no back arrow in the upper left. The green icon is something the MVP displays, but I don't really know what that one means.

- Andy

[mightyt]

Originally Posted by Opus4

It has already been noted that the extender is an MVP. That image is showing the UI displayed by the MVP; the mouse icons have probably been turned off, so there is no back arrow in the upper left. The green icon is something the MVP displays, but I don't really know what that one means.

- Andy

Stupid me ... Good point ... No mouse for MVP ...

All this detective work is challenging!

Thanks, T.

[mayamaniac]

Originally Posted by Opus4

It is a screen cap.
- Andy

So you're saying you have the new SVT in advance? How about sharing with the rest of us?