Good news for Vista* SageTV users, I got an email last week** letting me know that Sage should be starting a beta with EVR support (6.5.x?) this week.

I can't wait to get the visual quality, and CPU offload that the EVR brings in an easy to use 10' interface (EVRPlay works, but its 10' interface didn't do so well my last SAF poll).  If only I could get my HD PVR working, I'd be in HD heaven.

 

* It seems that XP users can also get the EVR by installing .NET 3.5; I haven't tested it, but a recent change to EVRPlay seems to indicate that it works.

** Reflexively, I assumed that it was something that carried an implicit NDA; occurred to me today that it might not be the case, so I asked.  Real transparency takes some getting used to :)