Been running the beta of Sage 7 on my HD200 and I am in love with it so far. It seems as a HA enthusiast you go through your ups and downs. Some days projects aren't working well. Other days everything clicks and you are overly happy thinking of the prospects that you are one step closer to having everything the way you want it. Well running Sage 7 on my HD200 has been one of those 'up' experiences.
1.) The interface is awesome as it. Added a few tweaks, like new theme, and I must say it looks better than my Dish DVR.
2.) The guide now looks so professional. The shows are color coded by type (news = yellow, sports = green, etc)
3.) Running ShowAnalyizer on my server and that interfaces perfectly with the Sage recordings. What made my day was the the comskip is running as you are watching a show. The thought of having shows automatically processed for comskip while you are watching it is worth the trouble right there.
4.) The plug-in system is a much needed addition to the interface. I am fearlessly trying out new plugins without worrying about messing up my system. I can just as easily remove the plugin.
5.) Integrated the Sage with PlayOn, which is also in the middle of a huge update (new premium service with new channels). Ability to watch all those service providers on demand... priceless.
So is it perfect? No. But it is a huge step in the right direction and much more polished.
A few things on my wish list:
Control HA through Sage. I saw that you can now do it with HomeSeer. Hopefully other platforms will be supported too. (ISY / Elk and others )
Browsing/Control client/app for iPhone/iPad. I saw someone has already made this for the droid.
I also think Sage plugin developers should have some type of store to sell some plugins. I think there would be more incentive to develop high quality plugins if there were some type of commercial prospect.
Exciting to think what the future holds!
