[mythtv-users] SageTV HD Extender STX-HD100

[Mitch Gore]

On Dec 11, 2007 8:10 PM, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 11, 2007 3:22 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Dec 11, 2007 4:13 PM, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 11, 2007 2:54 PM, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin at cs.duke.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Mitch Gore [mitchell.gore at gmail.com] wrote:
> > > > > Anyone know if this box will be able to be reverse engineered to
> > > > work with
> > > > > Myth?  This seems like the ultimate STB to work with HTPCs.  It
> > > > almost makes
> > > >
> > > > According to the manual, it runs Linux:
> > > >
> > > >  Third Party Software Libraries
> > > >
> > > >  This product contains the following open source software which is
> > > >  covered under their associated license s: the linux kernel,
> > > > busybox,
> > > >  udhcp, init, telnetd, inetd, phoneme advanced, libjpeg, libpng and
> > > >  ffmpeg.
> > > >
> > > >  For source code availability; please contact support at sagetv.com
> > > >
> > > > Depending on how Tivo-ized and locked-down the platform is, it might
> > > > be pretty open to experimentation.
> > > >
> > > > Drew
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Drew,
> > >
> > > Thats some great news!  Now we just need someone who is competent
> > > enough to experiment with this box and get it working.  It would be nice if
> > > someone known in the Myth Dev group would be willing to work on it.  I would
> > > for sure through in $20 for him to buy the hardware and start developing.  i
> > > would assume other would too.
> > >
> > > Any takers?
> > >
> > > Mitchell
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> > $199, silent, full component and HDMI out? Sounds like a good Myth FE to
> > me! There's a good review at
> > http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/12/sagetv-hd-extender-stx-hd100-review.html
> >
> > I'll chip in 20 bucks; who's up for the challenge?
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
>
> Just an update.  I emailed SageTV support asking for the source code for
> the box.  They have forwarded the email to a couple differant  employees and
> I am eagerly awaiting a response so i can post this on a Wiki Page.
>
> Mitchell
>
>


I just created a wiki page so we can keep track of the status.  Please
update this if anyone finds any information out.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/SageTV_HD_Extender

Mitchell
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