SageTV HD Media Extender – PC Mag » Handy Gadgets: Information, news and highlights of handy gadgets for you, the home or travel.

PC Magazine have published a review of the SageTV HD Media Extender which allows you to view live or recorded HDTV, online video, photos and your DVD library on televisions in any room in your home. ‘The HD Media Extender comes with a full-featured remote control and looks like your typical A/V component. Its slim, black plastic front panel contains the usual Stop, Play, Pause, and Search controls, along with a Standby switch and two nonfunctioning—and therefore somewhat odd—USB ports. (In the device's PDF user manual, the company acknowledges that these ports aren't currently active.) The rear panel, meanwhile, offers HDMI, component, S-Video, and composite A/V outputs.

You get only composite cables in the box, so you'll have to budget for more cords to take advantage of the other outputs. There's also an optical digital audio output along with an Ethernet port. Unfortunately, Wi-Fi isn't supported: If your PC is in the basement and your home isn't prewired for Ethernet, this product isn't for you. On the plus side, because the HD Media Extender uses wired Ethernet to connect to your home network, you're virtually guaranteed sufficient throughput for high-definition video.’

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