SageTV Announces Support for Windows® Home Server
SageTV Media Server software available for Windows® Home Server Platform offering digital entertainment at home and away from home
Inglewood, CA (May 15, 2007) — SageTV LLC, a leading developer of digital entertainment and Placeshifting software solutions, today announced support for Microsoft's Windows® Home Server.
Everyone's digital media libraries are growing rapidly. Having a convenient, reliable, expandable, always on place to keep digital media libraries is more important every day. "Windows Home Server helps address the need to centralize and protect digital media libraries" said Mike Machado, CEO of SageTV. "At SageTV we're working to provide convenient and easy to use access to digital media libraries from any PC, Mac or TV screen at home or away from home with our SageTV Placeshifter."
"We're excited to work with SageTV and make compelling digital entertainment capabilities available to Windows Home Server customers," said Steven VanRoekel, director of Windows Server Solutions at Microsoft.
Digital Media Libraries and PVR for Every TV and PC Screen
SageTV
Media Server software with optional TV tuner provides a complete PVR,
Online Video, Music and Photo experience for any Windows, Mac or Linux
screen at home or away from home.
With a SageTV Media
Server on the home network, the SageTV Media Extender provides a low
cost set-top solution that brings the full SageTV PVR, Online Video,
Music and Photo experience to the TV screen at the press of a remote.
Always On, Anywhere
An
always on Windows Home Server with SageTV Media Server allows any
Windows, Mac or Linux computer with SageTV Placeshifter media player to
access the Windows Home Server digital media library anytime, anywhere
over a broadband or home network connection.
Exchange with Portables
SageTV
Media Server software has built in digital media converters that make
it easy to exchange digital media with portable devices including Zune,
iPodTM, Motorola RAZRTM, Sony PSP2 and other popular portables.
SageTV Media Server software for Windows Home Server is also designed to support the AMD LIVE!TMTMHome
Media Server system is designed to provide a compelling new combination
of features, integration and value, helping consumers easily backup and
store PC and media files, as well as stream and share their favorite
media throughout a networked home. Home Media Server reference platform. The AMD LIVE!
"Working
closely with both SageTV and Microsoft has helped us optimize the AMD
LIVE! Home Media Server design to deliver a platform tailored to meet
our customers' needs," said Jochen Polster, director of
cross-divisional solutions for AMD. "With the SageTV Media Server
software running on an AMD LIVE! Home Media Server, consumers can enjoy
simple, seamless access to their favorite media without concerning
themselves with the technology behind their experience."
The SageTV Media Server software for Windows Home Server
will be available for free 15 day trial download as an easy to install
add-in at http://www.sagetv.com/whs. SageTV Media Server will be
available for purchase at $79.95 and is also available for bundling
with OEM systems. SageTV Media Extender is available for $109.95.
Please contact SageTV at oem@sagetv.com or 310-417-5028 or visit
www.sagetv.com/whs for more information.
About SageTV
SageTV,
LLC is a pioneer in personal video recording, home media center and
home media server technologies that combine television, music and
related media into a complete, easy-to-use home media experience
controlled from an existing PC. SageTV Media Center, the company's
flagship product, can be deployed on either Linux, Windows or Mac, and
supports multiple tuners, networking and intelligent recording. The
company was founded in 2002 and is based in Inglewood, CA. For more
information, visit www.sagetv.com/whs or www.sagetv.com.