Again, take my listing with a grain of salt, I am not a new users evaluating the programs evenly, I am a very experienced BeyondTV and Media Portal user contrasting SageTV to them, and since I am comfortable with what I know I expect I will be more apt to find flaws with SageTV. Setup I find both BeyondTV and Media Portal easier to setup for basic features, and for features such as SPDIF out and comm