Thursday, February 24, 2011
Hauppauge HD PVR Colossus Unboxing and SageTV Preview
SageTV Beta Arrives – With Hauppauge Colossus Support
SageTV released a new public beta this week – version 7.1.2. This once includes some improvements to the guide data details as well as support for the new Hauppauge Colossus tuner.
Highlights of the update include:
- Revamp of UI for SageTV HD300 in standalone (Media Player) Mode
- Support for new Hauppauge Colossus “Tuner”
- Updates to TV guide data including ability to save “favorites” for a sports team, awards information (academy awards etc), al Zap2It Guide data now included for OTA and digital lineups in U.S. & Canada
- Significant improvement for “smooth” fast forward and rewind on HD Extenders (HD200 & HD300)
- True frame stepping support on HD300 plus support for seeking while playback paused
- Placeshifter improvemets
There are many additional updates detailed at the SageTV Forums
Also mentioned in the update notes are some “coming-soon” features:
- Channel Logos provided by SageTV
- Guide data enhancements:
- Season & Episode numbers
- Improved detection of ‘unique’ airings
- 2+levels of categories
- additional flags for shows including Live, Dolby5.1, Letterbox, etc.
- Images for movies in the guide data – basically fanart
Looks like this beta and the next few will include some nice improvements for SageTV users!
Monday, February 21, 2011
TV Premieres, Finales & Specials This Week 02/21/2011
Time for another round of TV Talk. Read on for this week’s complete listing of premieres, finales and specials for the week.
NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change
Monday, February 21
Tabitha’s Salon Takeover (10pm on Bravo – HD) Season finale
Tuesday, February 22
Frontline (9pm on PBS – HD) Revolution in Cairo
American Treasures (10pm on Discovery – HD) New series where Archaeology professors, Dr. Jason De León and Dr. Kirk French take a break from school to investigate artifacts that might have historical significance
Wednesday, February 23
America’s Next Top Model (8pm on CW – HD) Season premiere
Ghost Hunters (9pm on SyFy – HD) Season 7 premiere
Shedding for the Wedding (9pm on CW – HD) New Reality/Game Show Series
I Used to be Fat (10pm on MTV) Season finale
Saturday, February 26
Secrets From a Stylist (9pm on HGTV – HD) New series
Antonio Treatment (9:30pm on HGTV – HD) Season premiere
Monday, February 28
Bethenny Ever After (10pm on Bravo – HD) Season premiere