Maximum PC reviews the HD200

[briands]

Originally Posted by Brent

Just tried it with 2 wireless USB keyboards and 1 wired. All 3 worked without needing to do anything at all! Awesome update indeed. But it's only in extender mode at the moment - hopefully they'll add it to media player mode soon as well.

Brent - what wireless ones did you try? Did you find anything that would indicate why they use the term "basic"?

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by Brent

Just tried it with 2 wireless USB keyboards and 1 wired. All 3 worked without needing to do anything at all! Awesome update indeed. But it's only in extender mode at the moment - hopefully they'll add it to media player mode soon as well.

I just pulled out the DiNovo Mini that I bought for just this occasion. Now I just have to get the kids away from the TV for a while so I can update the firmware and give it a try.

Aloha,
Mike

[Brent]

Originally Posted by briands

Brent - what wireless ones did you try?

I tried this junky chinese wireless keyboard
And the BTC 9019URF

The wired one was a super-cheap no-brand version.

Did you find anything that would indicate why they use the term "basic"?

No. I'm assuming they said "basic" because they haven't tested it much so I'm guessing the media keys and other similar keyboard features aren't supported yet at least. Didn't have much time to test this morning but will do more later.

[MeInMaui]

FYI. The DiNovo Mini works!

[briands]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

FYI. The DiNovo Mini works!

Just the alphanumeric keys or do the media controls work as well?

[brandypuff]

Comments?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/rev...etv_hd_theater

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[paulbeers]

Seems about like every other review by a magazine/website. I don't think it is too far off. Yes it is somewhat slow. Yes Sage isn't as polished (but at least they mentioned the abilities to update the GUI and customize Sage along with not dealing with DRM). Yes its strength is as a Media Extender. Their recommendation of the Tivo solution is interesting as I haven't read any thorough reviews that have good things to say....then again I haven't spent a lot of time looking for these reviews.

[Wiley_Coyote]

Originally Posted by brandypuff

Comments?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/rev...etv_hd_theater

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That they're actually being comparatively nice, since they mention the standalone mode, but don't mention that at the time they went to press, a major piece of it (YouTube capability) had been broken for almost a month. So Sage should give a sigh of relief that didn't make it into the review.