Move from SageTV

[lwm4p]

OK.... so along with every other SageTV user, I am pretty pissed about the acquisition... but now that my head has stopped steaming, I have actually started looking around for alternatives if/when I decide to jump. So I am asking for some advice to try and give myself an estimate of what I am getting into. I am pretty technical, but certainly not an expert in PVR stuff.

This is what I have:
Server running XP with Sage V7
Haupauge Cards (1800 and 2250)
Two Comcast Converters using a USB-UIRT to control them through SageTV
Main TV runs with an HD300, which has a pretty good remote specific to the software (ie, nice quick buttons)
Kitchen TV is a touchscreen (XP) running Sage Client

We are a pretty simple family in terms of use. This is the main stuff we use:
- TV: Favorities to record our regular shows, EPG linup
- Commercial Skip
- Stores all our music, photos, and movies
- Most movies are in mpg or avi
- Before trips, I copy a bunch of shows onto my tablet and play them while on our trip (ie, just need have free ability to copy things around and have the DVR record in a usable format).
- I use taSage on my phone to control music from outside when we are listening on teh back porch
- We probably have some other things we like, but nothing I can't be convinced to use in another format

Questions:
- Does NPVR support most of what I am talking about?
- I looked at teh popbox V8 (wow, looks like the HD300 almost)... would that replace my HD300? how does it work with the server?
- What about the touchscreen in the kitchen? Is there client software?

[mvallevand]

Short answer you should be able to replace SageTV with NextPVR once you need too. The V8 won't work as an extender, but you are right it could have been as good as the HD300. The cheapist clients for NextPVR are probably XBMC based.

Martin