SageTV is upgrading its line of media center streamers with the HD Theater HD200. The HD200 shrinks down last year's HD100 while keeping its connectivity options, including both component and HDMI high definition outputs. The streamer accepts only Ethernet for networking, which may be a deal-breaker if you've gone full-wireless. The HD200 supports all the standard MPEG flavors, WMV9, MKV, and AVI video formats, along with most of the popular audio file types. With a supported tuner card on your PC, the HD200 can stream a live feed in real time over your network to the device. The big drawback for SageTV's offering is its reliance on SageTV PC DVR software for its capabilities; it would be nice to see a media streamer that didn't rely on specific software running on the host PC, using standard network shares instead. On the other hand, if you're already running a SageTV-based setup at home, the HD200 looks like a solid way to get your content to another HDTV for around $200.

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