Only one snag here...

Will this be able to input into an existing media server, mac or windows OS?

I LOVE the idea of a single-line input, rather than 2, 4, or more LNBs for multiple tuner boxes. I realize most of their business, and a bit of their revenue will be leasing people this hardware...

But I want to build my own HTPC that will do more than just this, and I would want to integrate this into it, just as alternatively for a cable system, I would want to integrate a PCMCIA CableCard tuner. I would want to use the HTPC's software front end, and it's integrated redundant storage, rather than duplicating some of that with a redundant server box.

A pc-based HTPC would be a natural substitute for their hardware, if they would provide the software as an application on such a server.

Then one could distribute that signal to other devices around the home in a variety of ways, including their media receivers, or other DLNA (getting officially sick of all the acronyms out of left field, btw...) devices.

This industry really needs to get more cooperative and even just a little bit less greedy/proprietary. HDCP, DLNA, BluRay's restrictions and licensing, etc...

I am getting more than a bit tired of cable TV rates, but I am not crazy about putting a dish with lots of separate coax cables running through my house. a single-line dish is less of an issue, but still unfortunately a slight eyesore.

But if it can integrate into a HTPC and associated distribution system, all the better. Especially with the debacle with trying to use CableCard in a PC...

Easy and Versatile. I wish the industry would grasp that, including on a hardware level. Things like this XstreamHD are a good start.

Thought I'd give you insight why we did what we did.

HTPC are fine for some applications in particular when the video bitrate is low. However, when one desires to stream multiple high bitrate audio and/or video programs throughout the house, then HTPC are not well suited for such applications.

XStreamHD Media Servers utilized our custom ASIC that is specifically designed to support multiple simultaneous high bitrate streams. Our ASIC supports dual GigE ports and uses hardware accelerators to transmit the IP streams. At CES, the XStreamHD Media Server demonstrated its ability to stream an 80Mbps MPEG2 main level/high profile 1080p movie at the same time it streamed another 1080p 40Mbps video stream rate movie along with several audio streams to other devices. The total aggregate stream exceeded 125Mbps! This level of performance requires custom hardware and software that cannot be achieved by PC based HTPC.

In case you wonder why MPEG2 was being streamed, well the answer is because we can and because others cannot. This more clearly demonstrates the performance level of our media server compared to that of Internet streaming services such as Netflix whose stream rate is at best 3.8Mbps with the majority of their titles between 500kbps to 1.6Mbps. But for the record, the XStreamHD service, Media Server, and Media Receivers support both MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H.264/AVC) in main level/high profile at stream rates up to 100Mbps. Now that’s BluRay quality. Internet delivery systems, such as Netflix, AppleTV, Amazon.com, and Vudo, simply cannot deliver BluRay quality since they rely on the shared public bandwidth of the Internet and the more limited bandwidth of each particular customer. Whereas XStreamHD utilizes its patent pending XStream satellite transport technology to deliver movies, music, and games to customer’s home.

Further, the XStreamHD Media Server demonstrated at CES its ability to interoperate with six other DLNA client devices that included the Sony PS3, a Pioneer Kuro Plasma TV, a Samsung Plasma TV, a Dell notebook PC, a Phillips Internet radio, and a Denon networked audio system.

I hope this explanation gives you insight why we designed our products the way we did.