SageTV Media Center is a popular digital video recorder package for Windows and Linux. It works with most hardware based TV tuner cards and has a programming guide that is updated via the Internet. SageTV Media Center provides a television interface for digital video recording, Music and Photos on Windows and Linux and also has a SageTV Placeshifter option that allows you to watch your TV from any high speed connection. SageTV typically records in standard MPEG2, making it possible to transfer recordings to laptops or other devices you have.