I was researching connecting my ReplayTV unit up to my Comcast set-top control box and ran across the site for this $180 device. Because it is very cool I had to do a write up about it. We have a bunch of devices attached to the TV to play games and watch movies. We have the Xbox, which also works through the Windows 7 media player to access our NAS which has movies stored on it. Then there is the OSD, which also access the NAS directly, and we have the Roku for streaming Netflix’s. The OSD is an ok device, but is temperamental sometimes when it comes to playback. Watching movies through the Xbox is also a pain due to having to have the Windows7 computer turned on and then having to use that crazy game pad to make the movie play. I love the Roku for its ease of use and how well it works, but it does not access anything other then Netflix online. This SageTV device looks like a Roku, but will access all kinds of video and audio formats from NAS, or networked shared PC, much more then the OSD. It does even more with additional software, making this a DVR and allows you to remotely access you movies from anywhere you have internet access. If someone wants me to test this out, just send me one or the $180 and I will perform extensive testing with it and write up my findings.
