New to SageTV

[Archie1810]

Guys, I'm new to this SageTV - where should I start?
Looks interesting to have this SageTV server for my home, especially I'm soon to have 1 Gbps fiber internet broadband coming to my home - I'm planning to have placeshifter to watch my home TV channels from anywhere on earth.

Please advice.

Thanks, Arc.

[pjpjpjpj]

SageTV was bought by Google a few years ago and is no longer a supported product. That said, this forum is being kept alive and there is a "for sale" forum at the bottom where occasionally someone will sell their software license (which would get you started) or extenders (if you wanted to use them, but you'd need the server software first).

Be aware, though, that it's a product no longer being developed, so eventually you will (probably?) have to run it on a server with an outdated OS, lack of security, etc., and when all the extenders die of old age, there won't be replacements to buy.

[will]

Originally Posted by Archie1810

Guys, I'm new to this SageTV - where should I start?
Looks interesting to have this SageTV server for my home, especially I'm soon to have 1 Gbps fiber internet broadband coming to my home - I'm planning to have placeshifter to watch my home TV channels from anywhere on earth.

Please advice.

Thanks, Arc.

If you plan to do placeshifter make sure you have a powerful server that can transcode videos on the fly. I don't have that so I use a Slingbox.

Also, look online for HD300s/HD200s (here is a great review of the HD300). They are the "thin" clients for connecting to your server around the house and (in my opinion) make SageTV the amazing product that it is.

[wayner]

The other issue you may have is getting guide data for TV as Sage's strength is as a PC based DVR. Sage only supplies guide data for North America so you will have to use something like tvdb to provide the data.