PVR Wire

SageTV 6.0 is out today.

What can you expect from the latest version of this software-based PVR?

• Browse, select, and watch Google Video on your TV
• Support for DVB-T and DVB-C digital broadcast standards, with DVB-S support on its way. ATSC, NTSC, and PAL standards are already supported
• Play unencrypted DVD libraries on a TV using SageTV Media Extender, including menus and special features
• Video thumbnails
• Expanded file support, including unprotected AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, MOV, 3GP, MPEG4, and H.264
• Video Playlists

SageTV is available for both Windows and Linux PCs. The full program will set you back $80, although it's a free upgrade for SageTV 5.0 users. If you've got 4.0, you can upgrade for $30.

SageTV also announced Placeshifter software for Mac today. The software will be available as a $100 bundle with SageTV Media Center for PC or Linux, and will let Mac users connect to a SageTV Media Center machine to watch live or recorded programs, or schedule new recordings.

While this seems useful if you happen to have a couple of computers lying around the house, and one of them is a Mac, I would imagine most Mac users would rather have a Mac client of SageTV, and not just a placeshifting 2-computer solution.