After months of hearing their customers clamor for more juicy information and photos of the upcoming SageTV HD Extender, SageTV posted many STX-HD100 media extender details on the forums yesterday.Like Microsoft’s Media Center extenders that were sold for the old XP version of Media Center, the STX-HD100 is made specifically to stream content from a computer running SageTV. All menus and functionality should be built-in to the box.
Confirmed Features/Details:
- HDMI output
- 1080p upscaled output
- H.264 decoding
- Digital Audio S/PDIF (optical)
- Wired Lan: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet RJ45 Connection
- Includes S-Video, Composite and RCA Component Outputs
- Dimensions: 14 3/16″ Wide, 1 15/16″ High and 9 1/4″ Deep
The new media extender will be priced $199.95 (includes a SageTV server-side license for the extender) and should be available December 10, 2007 per Jeffrey Kardatzke, CTO & Founder of SageTV, LLC.
For more SageTV HD Extender details and photos, head over to Brent Evans Geek Tonic.