Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 02:29 PM EST Contributed by: sde
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."
