SageTV headed for Max OS X

Despite the immense amount of shiny going on in Apple's own Front Row media app, the feature set falls woefully short of a full-blown Media Center killer for the Mac. Now it looks like the SageTV peeps are going to pick up the slack and port their well-loved media app to Mac OS X. Their latest edition of the software, SageTV V5 -- which is already available for Windows and Linux -- includes support for SageTV Placeshifter on Windows, so hopefully SageTV finds time to squeeze that into the Mac edition so Apple users can finally get down with their TV-on-the-go selves. Right now SageTV is seeking out beta testers for a closed beta that should take place in the next few weeks, so it doesn't look like the Mac heads among us will have too terribly long to wait.

[TheVexedSoul @ Sep 28th 2006 9:44AM]

Take it to the Max!!

[Tim @ Sep 28th 2006 9:58AM]

I'm curious if they are also going to develop drivers for the variety of TV tuner cards that currently work w/ Sage. Otherwise I don't seeing this creating a lot of demand for the software. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Joe V @ Sep 28th 2006 10:19AM]

It would be REALLY nice if Apple would make a plugin API for FrontRow. If Apples won't add a CableCARD slot to the Mini or iTV, at least let someone else have a go. Also, it would encourage third-party support, since other companies will have a chance to complement what Apple does instead of being replaced by them (cf. Konfabulator, many others).

[telepheedian @ Sep 28th 2006 11:39AM]

MAX FOREVER!

[Jonathan Cohen @ Sep 29th 2006 10:27AM]

Mac 2006 = Windows XP Media Center 2002. Welcome Mac users!

[SelfishGene @ Sep 29th 2006 1:12PM]

Too bad SageTV is the uglies out all of the media center software out there. I mean, c'mon, it looks about as bad as the junk you get from the cable companies.