IT seems awfully quiet in the beta department... until now

[reggie14]

Here's another interesting tidbit. I debated posting this because I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, but I think we're all in good spirits here.

While BeyondTV was being actively developed, their biggest gap in releases seems to be between v3.4.4 and v.3.5, which were released March 25th, 2004, and October 8, 2004. That's 198 days.

To be fair, Snapstream didn't have to worry about STV updates or extender firmware updates, and we've seen several of those in the last 200 days. So its not like Sage isn't doing anything. But, I'm still expecting big changes in v7 because of this gap.

[sleonard]

or maybe Narflex decided to take that six months of vacation time he has on the books?

S

[wado1971]

Originally Posted by samgreco

......OH and for extra extra credit, does clicking refresh more than 10 times a minute make it happen faster?

I have a great deal of experience with this "refresh" issue so I'll field this question. In the past I've found that hitting refresh multiple times a day does in fact result in a beta release. I've been diligently hitting refresh for the past 256 days and I expect nothing less than a beta release.

[JetreL]

Why oh why do I keep clicking on this thread?!?!?

[Diginerd]

Originally Posted by JetreL

Why oh why do I keep clicking on this thread?!?!?

Same reason we all do.. :-)

[trini0]

Originally Posted by JetreL

Why oh why do I keep clicking on this thread?!?!?

LOL...

[Crunch]

I can't take it anymore!
I only have a week left!
Pay my taxes in a week or keep the $$$ for SageTV upgrade?

Should I risk paying taxes next week and assume that new Sage won't be out till next tax year
.
Kids saw me posting image and made me take it down.
Here is link though...

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ty-suicide.jpg

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by samgreco

OH and for extra extra credit, does clicking refresh more than 10 times a minute make it happen faster?

I think they considered adding a system to trigger high voltage electrodes in the programmers' chairs whenever the refresh button was hit in order to increase productivity.

Unfortunately Apple already patented it....

Aloha,
Mike

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

I think they considered adding a system to trigger high voltage electrodes in the programmers' chairs whenever the refresh button was hit in order to increase productivity.

Unfortunately Apple already patented it....

Ummm... I think you are remembering that report backwards. It was to jolt the browser user who keeps hitting refresh in order to cut down on excessive bandwidth usage. I've heard some cable companies were considering it.

- Andy

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Ummm... I think you are remembering that report backwards. It was to jolt the browser user who keeps hitting refresh in order to cut down on excessive bandwidth usage. I've heard some cable companies were considering it.

- Andy

I think that's the "Power Boost" feature they keep advertising. The incapacitating electrical shock scrambles your short term memory making web pages seem to load lightning fast!

Even better, its free with your existing broadband connection!

[autoboy]

You guys are killing me. Stop posting here. I keep thinking something new is coming...

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Unfortunately Apple already patented it....

Originally Posted by Opus4

Ummm... I think you are remembering that report backwards. It was to jolt the browser user who keeps hitting refresh in order to cut down on excessive bandwidth usage. I've heard some cable companies were considering it.

- Andy

Aww, come on Andy. You didn't even let me follow up with the name that Apple gave to the technology.



wait for it.....



The i-Prod



tap tap.... umm..... is this thing on?

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

The i-Prod

Ouch!

I like puns and that one was shockingly painful.

- Andy

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

The i-Prod

fortunately, there's already a device for helping to clean up with the invariable messes the iProd can create:

iPOOD Pocket Shovel

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Ouch!

I like puns and that one was shockingly painful.

- Andy

Sorry. Zap-2-It was already taken.

[wubdich]

... unfortunalty SageTV has lost one of his customers yesterday. A good friend of mine didn't want to wait any longer for SageTV Version 7 and switched to Windows Media Center. He was urgently waiting for native DVB-S2 / H264 / HDTV support and support for satellite radio. I couldn't stop him from going this way - once he was a great fan of SageTV and bought 2 HD 200, but the refusal to communicate any progress regarding SageTV Version 7 in combination with the missing of any new betas has driven him into the arms of Windows Media Center.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by cscherb

... unfortunalty SageTV has lost one of his customers yesterday. A good friend of mine didn't want to wait any longer for SageTV Version 7 and switched to Windows Media Center. He was urgently waiting for native DVB-S2 / H264 / HDTV support and support for satellite radio. I couldn't stop him from going this way - once he was a great fan of SageTV and bought 2 HD 200, but the refusal to communicate any progress regarding SageTV Version 7 in combination with the missing of any new betas has driven him into the arms of Windows Media Center.

Seriously? What communication are you expecting? They have publicly said they are working on SageTV7. Not gonna say more until they are ready for a public beta. He might be just fine with Windows MC but if the "lack of any new betas" is bothering him with SageTV now, wait until he sees how often MS offers him new betas. Something like every 4 years or so...

Always sorry to see a fellow SageTV peer go, but cmon' - a second announcement of the new version wasn't going stop him from leaving.

[Fuzzy]

Can I have his stuff? (The HD200's, that is?) No need for media extenders with MCE afterall.. :-)

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by Brent

Seriously? What communication are you expecting? They have publicly said they are working on SageTV7. Not gonna say more until they are ready for a public beta. He might be just fine with Windows MC but if the "lack of any new betas" is bothering him with SageTV now, wait until he sees how often MS offers him new betas. Something like every 4 years or so...

Always sorry to see a fellow SageTV peer go, but cmon' - a second announcement of the new version wasn't going stop him from leaving.

Not to mention there's no guarantee he'd get any of the features he was waiting on in V7, unless there was some announcement I missed.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by cscherb

... unfortunalty SageTV has lost one of his customers yesterday. A good friend of mine didn't want to wait any longer for SageTV Version 7 and switched to Windows Media Center. He was urgently waiting for native DVB-S2 / H264 / HDTV support and support for satellite radio. I couldn't stop him from going this way - once he was a great fan of SageTV and bought 2 HD 200, but the refusal to communicate any progress regarding SageTV Version 7 in combination with the missing of any new betas has driven him into the arms of Windows Media Center.

And will he switch back to Sage (or go to another app.) when WMC does not announce a new beta for several months?