HD Theater 200 Performance?

[sdsean]

So I'm begining to look now at getting extenders setup throughout the house.

Obviously the Sage HD Theater 200 is the obvious choice. I also have wireless N access points (used as bridges), so hopefully network latency won't be a problem.

But I'm a little worried about the overall performance of the device, especially considering the cost.

I have a HUGE music collection (over 20,000 songs organized by artist, album), and obviously one of my requirements is to be able to navigate through the collection quickly and generate a playlist for one room in the house.

There was an article in maximumpc about the HD200
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/rev...etv_hd_theater

And it says that performance is a big laggy. . .granted I'm sure they weren't using cutting edge hardware to talk to the thing like I am. . . but
i'm just curious if anyone out there has experiences they'd like to share.

[mdnttoker]

Originally Posted by sdsean

So I'm begining to look now at getting extenders setup throughout the house.

Obviously the Sage HD Theater 200 is the obvious choice. I also have wireless N access points (used as bridges), so hopefully network latency won't be a problem.

But I'm a little worried about the overall performance of the device, especially considering the cost.

I have a HUGE music collection (over 20,000 songs organized by artist, album), and obviously one of my requirements is to be able to navigate through the collection quickly and generate a playlist for one room in the house.

There was an article in maximumpc about the HD200
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/rev...etv_hd_theater

And it says that performance is a big laggy. . .granted I'm sure they weren't using cutting edge hardware to talk to the thing like I am. . . but
i'm just curious if anyone out there has experiences they'd like to share.

Sage is somewhat lacking at this point in time in the Music category...so if you're looking for something to mostly handle your music collection, you are likely to be disappointed...

[xxLJLxx]

Originally Posted by mdnttoker

Sage is somewhat lacking at this point in time in the Music category...so if you're looking for something to mostly handle your music collection, you are likely to be disappointed...

I listen to quite a bit of music via my HD200. If I can remember correctly, I have right around 200 albums. I know that may not even compare to what some may have but with each album having album art, the HD200 handles it pretty well. I build playlists and listen to them quite often, too. So far, I am impressed.

As far as quickness goes, I can tell a slight difference between the Sage server and the HD200 but it isn't enough to bother me.