Media Extender Feature Required to work with SageTV

[mbrennan]

I am shopping for a media extender for my SageTV and I would like to know what features I should be looking for in order to ensure that it will work with SageTV.

[wrems]

You can only use Sage Media Extenders (HD200 & HD100) with Sage and the Hauppauge MediaMVP...

HD200's are out of stock I think, you may be able to find one of these models on Ebay... Media MVP is only for standard def, no hi-def. There have been unsubstantiated rumors of a HD300, but it is likely more speculation than anything.

Good luck. For now you'll have to wait unless you can score an extender somewhere else.

[broconne]

Originally Posted by wrems

You can only use Sage Media Extenders (HD200 & HD100) with Sage and the Hauppauge MediaMVP...

HD200's are out of stock I think, you may be able to find one of these models on Ebay... Media MVP is only for standard def, no hi-def. There have been unsubstantiated rumors of a HD300, but it is likely more speculation than anything.

Good luck. For now you'll have to wait unless you can score an extender somewhere else.

I think we moved beyond speculation on the HD300 when Sage started putting out release notes with items like "Updated for HD200 and up".

[MCE-Refugee]

The HD200 has been out of stock for months with now sign of new stock or a new Sage hardware extender being released.

An alternative given the unavailability of a the HD200 is to use a netbook or similar low powered PC as a SageTV client. You can find cheap PCs at near to the $200 price of the dedicated extender. It's a bit more hassle to set up & may not handle 1080p video well but it is of course a full blown PC with a browser that can be used for all sorts of other activity.