Commercial DVR Software Comes to Desktop Linux

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  Commercial DVR Software Comes to Desktop Linux
  Trend of Porting Popular Windows-based Applications to Alternative OS
Continues
   
  SAN DIEGO, CA (January 18, 2007) /PRNewswire/ -- Linspire, Inc. developer
of the commercial desktop Linux operating system of the same name and
Freespire, the community desktop Linux operating system, and SageTV, a
pioneer in personal video recording and home media center technologies that
combine television, music and related media into a complete, easy-to-use home
media experience, today announced the availability of SageTV Media Center
Version 6 for users of the Linspire and Freespire desktop Linux operating
system.
   
  SageTV Media Center software lets users watch, pause and record TV programs
on their desktop and living room Linux PCs and provides a single user
interface for accessing online video as well as personal music, photos and
videos stored on the personal computer. The optional SageTV Placeshifter also
enables users to access their home TV and entire PC-based media library on
any Internet-connected Linspire PC at home or away from home.
   
  "SageTV Media Center for Linspire and Freespire users broadens our support
for desktop Linux and extends our reach into the rapidly growing desktop
Linux market for the first time," said SageTV CEO Mike Machado.
   
  "This is a strong partnership that gives users access to an affordable,
full-featured PVR, online video, music and photo solution for all their TVs
and PCs at home and as well as away from home."
   
  SageTV Media Center Version 6 is immediately available via digital download
using CNR ("Click and Run") one-click download and installation software
delivery system at: http://www.linspire.com/sagetv . Key features of SageTV
Media Center include:
   
  *  Complete personal video recording without subscription fees, enabling
users to record a single TV show or a whole season of favorite programs on
their PC; pause, rewind and fast-forward live or recorded cable, satellite or
antenna TV shows; and record multiple shows on multiple tuners
simultaneously.  The one-time software purchase fee eliminates monthly fees
levied by services like TiVo as well as expensive Windows upgrades required
to support Microsoft's own media center software.
   
  *  Online video, personal music, photos and videos all available from your
remote control, access online video including Google video as well as
personal media files from PCs from a single interface, play them on a
connected TV.  Access music play lists by artist or album as well as run
music in the background with a slideshow.
   
  *  Integrated 14-day U.S., Canadian and European program guides,
eliminating the need for users to switch to a separate online application to
plan their TV viewing and recording.  (European guide requires subscription
to TV guide service).
   
  *  One-stop music, photo and video management and access, including the
ability to access media files from a single interface, play them on a
connected TV, and access music play lists by artist or album as well as run
music in the background with a slideshow.
   
  *  Connectivity to any home TV with an optional media extender, allowing
any TV in the house to access to all live or recorded TV, online video,
music, photos and personal videos from the SageTV Media Center interface
without installing a digital video recorder box on every TV and then
searching to find out which show was recorded on which box. Users in
different rooms can record and/or access different programs or media at the
same time on the quiet and cool SageTV Media Extender.
   
  *  Connectivity to any home or remote PC with an optional SageTV
Placeshifter license, enabling users to access live or recorded TV, music and
photos from the user's home-based SageTV software from any PC with a
high-speed Internet connection, whether in a hotel, office,
  airport, WiFi cafe, at the pool, or in another room in the house.
   
  "SageTV is another great example of ongoing application development for the
Linux platform," said Kevin Carmony, CEO of Linspire, Inc. "Linspire and
Freespire users can now take advantage of a comprehensive media center
solution, including online video, at a great value. As demand for desktop
Linux continues to take hold in the marketplace, so does the need for feature
parity with applications designed for Microsoft Windows."
   
  In addition to SageTV Media Center Version 6, SageTV has also made
available an optional SageTV Placeshifter software application and SageTV
media extenders that enable users to access their home TV and entire PC-based
media library from any Internet connected PC away from home.
   
  Pricing and Availability
  SageTV Media Center Version 6 for Linspire and Freespire is available for
$79.95, or in combination with the optional Placeshifter license for $99.95,
through Linspire's CNR software warehouse at http://www.linspire.com/sagetv.
   
  The $109.95 wired SageTV Media Extender and the $159.95 SageTV Wireless
Media Extender, enabling users to access the SageTV interface as well as
their digital media libraries on any TV or PC in the house, are available at
http://www.sagetv.com.
   
  About SageTV
  SageTV, LLC is a pioneer in personal video recording and home media center
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, is the first PVR
solution that operates on both PCs and TVs, can be deployed on either Windows
or Linux, and supports multiple tuners, networking and intelligent recording.
The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Inglewood, CA. For more
information, visit http://www.sagetv.com.
   
  
 
  About Linspire, Inc.
  Linspire, Inc. (http://www.linspire.com) was founded in 2001 to bring
choice into the operating system market. The company's flagship product, the
Linspire operating system, is an affordable, easy-to-use Linux-based
operating system for home, school, and business users. Linspire pioneered CNR
("Click and Run") Technology, which allows Linspire users access to thousands
of software programs, each of which can be downloaded and installed with just
one mouse click. The thousands of software titles available in the CNR
Warehouse (http://www.linspire.com/cnr) include full office and productivity
suites, games, multimedia players, photo management software, accounting
tools, and more.
   
  About Freespire
  Freespire (http://www.freespire.org) is a community-driven, Linux-based
operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has
to offer (community driven, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but
also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and
applications as they see fit. With Freespire, the choice is yours as to what
software is installed on your computer, with no limitations or restrictions
placed on that choice. How you choose to maximize the performance of your
computer is entirely up to you. For more information and interview requests:
   
  SageTV Press Contact:
  Aly Saltzman
  asaltzman@sspr.com
  847.415.9303
   
  Linspire, Inc.
  858-587-6700 ext 183
  858-587-8095 Fax
  pr@linspireinc.com
   
   
     


 
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