What are you going to do now?

[BobPhoenix]

I have 5 dormant client licenses and 3 HD200 extenders. I'm planing on retiring 2 of the extenders and using the PCs that are sitting right next to them. This way I will have backups to the single HD200 in bedroom that will remain in use. Just wish now that I had bought 3 HD300s earlier this year like I was planing on. As well as a Linux server. Oh well I can live with my existing Windows servers and I may retire all of the extenders if I replace my tube HDTV in the bedroom with a flat panel like the other two.

Needless to say I am staying with SageTV until we see what Google has to offer. Hope the EPG doesn't quit or I'm able to get XMLTV setup correctly. I will be looking at other options but I don't plan on anything for a few years - if possible anyway.

[ThePaladinTech]

Originally Posted by mightyt

Here's what I am trying to do ...

• Trying not to panic (though tempted to)
  
• Wait and see what happens in the short term (I like Sage too much)
  
• Look at alternatives (if I see GoogleSage jumping off the cliff long term)
  
• Listen to what others are doing here as time goes by (This forum always pointed me in the right direction, why would it change now)
  
• Hope things will be equal or better for SageNext (We could end up looking back and thinking that was the best move ever. Yes, that is optimistic!)

that is well said

[hoep]

stay with sage as long as possible but intensively look for extender alternatives - as i need to expand my setup in the next year
so i stay for sage as a backend (does everything very stable now) and looking for small extender-replacing (need no live tv) frontends..

[sandyj]

I am staying with sagetv as long as I can there is really no alternatives at this level at the current point in time. I will buy HD300's on ebay as even double the price is better than starting from scratch. We got rid of our old PRV's as they were not as reliable or as featured as the HD300's. EPG in no problem here in New Zealand as it is delivered with the signal, it may not be as comprehensive as over there but we have not known anything else. Many people were perfectly happy to stick with V6 so it shows that the product is good and can last for some time.

[tomatodave]

I couldn't help but notice that there was no voting option that addressed the inability to add hardware except for ebay. I have been using Sage for close to 2 years now. It is very stable for me. I love it. At least part of the appeal of Sage was the ability to start small and grow gradually. As you might have guessed that is what I did and I am about half way to where I want to be with my system. It's odd that the one selling point to me (the ability to start small and grow over time) is what is biting me in the behind now.

I love my Sage system
I love the one box house wide concept
I don't have near enough extenders
No way to reasonably get more
At some point I am forced to start over with something else

[mistergq]

Originally Posted by stanger89

I voted "Keep Sage for now. Use EPG as long as possible." but reality is something between the that and looking for an alternative "soon". Basically I'm going to watch for, research, and keep a lookout for alternatives. But it's going to take a lot of research and careful weighing of the options.

+1

I am not going to be like BTV users that have stuck around way too long, but I am also not bailing today. I want to see if STV is added to GTV.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by clayfree

I'm running 2 AppleTV's with XBMC installed. I love the media center capabilities(blows Sage away) but I have not found a good DVR solution.

People say this all the time. I fail to see what XBMC offers over sage (other than 24p playback). What makes it so great? I've installed it twice and was underwhelmed.

[davidjames]

What am I going to do now?

Nothing...

What I have works great, not perfect, but it does pretty much exactly what I want it to do.

I have no need for upgrades. I see no reason to even begin looking around. I'll wait and see what happens with Google.

The Armegeddon like comments I'm reading are, for me, well, much like the Armegeddon ones .

Should the guide info get cut off, I'll get concerned.

I will say, as I've said before, it's unfortunate that SageTV never, in my mind, had much competition as I think it would have benefited all of us. But I recognize what a tiny sliver of a market this niche really is.

Every day the sun comes up. Every day SageTV still works. I'll keep my eyes open and wait and see how things progress.