Finally 'pulled the trigger" and ordered

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by Zippster

Shows it sitting in Hodgkins IL.

Sounds more like an under the weather pilot.

Mine was scheduled Monday also, but now sits there with the last update at 11am this morning of "Adverse Weather Conditions"

I've had things coming from the west coast (to here in Ohio) get "stuck" in Hodgkins, IL before, too. I think something is fishy with that place.

Must have something to do with the Southside Chicago Union workers.

[Zippster]

Originally Posted by pjpjpjpj

I've had things coming from the west coast (to here in Ohio) get "stuck" in Hodgkins, IL before, too. I think something is fishy with that place.

Must have something to do with the Southside Chicago Union workers.

Ya something is wrong, as I said, shows Adverse Weather and lists Hodgkins IL, then 14 hours later shows ARRIVED, Hodgkins IL I think their holding and restacking flights to maximize fuel.

Where the extra costs of faster shipping didnt make sense before due to getting things from everywhere in 3 days or less, looks like if you want or need it fast, gonna have to pony up the bucks for advanced methods.

Monday due date with you now Jeff.

[bialio]

I've got a shipment from NewEgg on UPS that ran into some bad weather in Dallas! We had some storms yesterday, but nothing that should have delayed anything. I think there might be something to the maximizing fuel theory.....

[Zippster]

Yes sir........In all my years of online ordering and following the tracking, I have never had a delay of any kind show up.

[-=Jeff=-]

mine still shows to be in CA.. last scan was 6-18

[Zippster]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

mine still shows to be in CA.. last scan was 6-18

Rut ro........look for a "Weather" delay next.

[Zippster]

Mine was now bumped back until Tuesday 6/24 Not sure how UPS cant get it from IL to Buffalo NY in 2 days that they now need Monday also.

I notice Sage's site has the standard UPS shipping listed as : # UPS Ground : Guaranteed day of delivery within 3-5 business days for the contiguous 48 states

Not sure what their "Guarantee" constitutes, but they are certainly over 3-5 business days with a scheduled date of 6/24

[-=Jeff=-]

Well I check UPS this AM

PALATINE,
IL, US 06/21/2008 12:54 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
HODGKINS,
IL, US 06/21/2008 12:07 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
HODGKINS,
IL, US 06/20/2008 8:45 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
06/20/2008 4:00 P.M. ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
GARDENA,
CA, US 06/18/2008 2:44 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
GARDENA,
CA, US 06/17/2008 7:33 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 06/17/2008 3:01 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED



It is in Palatine, which is where it is delivered from.. I should have it Monday

[TechJunkie]

Just wanted to toast everyone jumping into SageTV. I have just jump in myself with a HD 100 Extender. I have been looking for an HD extender since my ROKU HD1000 crapped out a week ago. Also been using Vista Media Center since vista came out. I will be using my Windows Home server as a sageTV server. Now I will need to figureout how to make a SageTV Client record TV to the server. I have a MediaTV that I bought when they first came out (ver 1.0). This will work good for streaming music in my garage. Well cheers to everyone short and long time users.

[Zippster]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Well I check UPS this AM

PALATINE,
IL, US 06/21/2008 12:54 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
HODGKINS,
IL, US 06/21/2008 12:07 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
HODGKINS,
IL, US 06/20/2008 8:45 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
06/20/2008 4:00 P.M. ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
GARDENA,
CA, US 06/18/2008 2:44 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
GARDENA,
CA, US 06/17/2008 7:33 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 06/17/2008 3:01 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED



It is in Palatine, which is where it is delivered from.. I should have it Monday

Thats cool, I hope so for you.

Not sure why mine needed to sit in Hodgkins IL for 2 1/2 days and then finally ships out 12:01am on 21st yet still wont make it to Buffalo until Tuesday the 24th? I think I could have walked there and picked it up faster.

[-=Jeff=-]

Yeah it will be cool to get, but I won't have time this week to set it up

[-=Jeff=-]

YAY!!

Location Date Local Time Description
PALATINE,
IL, US 06/23/2008 12:45 P.M. DELIVERY
06/23/2008 4:05 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

just need to find time to connect it.. not going to happen tonight though

[othy]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

just need to find time to connect it.. not going to happen tonight though

Just so you know, setup for me was about 10 minutes, IIRC. And most of that was waiting for the firmware update.



Tim

[Zippster]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

YAY!!

Location Date Local Time Description
PALATINE,
IL, US 06/23/2008 12:45 P.M. DELIVERY
06/23/2008 4:05 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

just need to find time to connect it.. not going to happen tonight though

I think someone in Hodgkins is enjoying mine..........

Never did get an answer from Sage or UPS on the so called "3-5 business day Guarantee" either.

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by othy

Just so you know, setup for me was about 10 minutes, IIRC. And most of that was waiting for the firmware update.



Tim

ah 10min set-p but what abotu the 2-3 hours of tweaking it..

After reading about SageMC I am really tempted to install it, some of those themes are Killer

[othy]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

ah 10min set-p but what abotu the 2-3 hours of tweaking it..

I think it's been more like 2-3 years of tweaking for me

But the beauty of the extender is that I haven't found too many tweaks to worry about. I installed SageMC and the CenterSage theme, and a few days later I added the MovieTimes STVi, but other than that, I have nothing to tweak. No more codec nightmares, no more stuttering to troubleshoot. I suppose there's always more stuff to fiddle with (especially server-side), but for me the HD100 has been "plug and play" at it's finest.

Tim

[-=Jeff=-]

Yep, All set up

I like it so far, going to upgrade to the SageMC though I think

Also do you turn power 'off' on the HD100 or leave it in Standby??

[-=Jeff=-]

Got My HDHR on Friday.. hooked it up..

everything seems to be working.. Now to call and cancel my Dish...

I like SageTV so far.. still going to try SageMC, maybe in a couple of weeks

I still need one more HD for my server though