Comments on: Dave Zatz has Moxi http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/07/04/dave-zatz-has-moxi/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rickhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/07/04/dave-zatz-has-moxi/comment-page-1/#comment-3618 Rick Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/07/04/dave-zatz-has-moxi/#comment-3618 "If you’re happy with using an antenna and/or limiting your cable to analog and in-the-clear QAM, I guess it works - but how many people buying high-end gear fit that description? I suspect not many."The funny thing is that if you want to have the best possible HD experience and/or want to get the most of your high-end gear, off-air antenna is the only way. Cables HD quality is simply not good enough, not as good as over-the-air broadcasts.I've got a small log-periodic <a href="http://www.hdtvantennalabs.com/terk.php" rel="nofollow">terk antenna</a> and enjoy every high definition moment. Of course, terk is far from being a good antenna, channelmaster and winegard have much better performers, but what I am saying is that even with this junk you can have much better HDTV than cables if you live in a big city close to the towers. “If you’re happy with using an antenna and/or limiting your cable to analog and in-the-clear QAM, I guess it works – but how many people buying high-end gear fit that description? I suspect not many.”

The funny thing is that if you want to have the best possible HD experience and/or want to get the most of your high-end gear, off-air antenna is the only way. Cables HD quality is simply not good enough, not as good as over-the-air broadcasts.

I’ve got a small log-periodic terk antenna and enjoy every high definition moment. Of course, terk is far from being a good antenna, channelmaster and winegard have much better performers, but what I am saying is that even with this junk you can have much better HDTV than cables if you live in a big city close to the towers.

]]> By: Dave Zatzhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/07/04/dave-zatz-has-moxi/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 Dave Zatz Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:55:48 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/07/04/dave-zatz-has-moxi/#comment-2870 The only new stuff is that I've now seen a working model of one of the boxes and that they've decided to bundle the Moxi Mate with the Multi-Room version which is something they were still debating the last time I talked. I think they've almost got a major retailer lined up and the eSATA support has successfully been tested up to 1TB so far. ASUS is an ODM for the Home Cinema AMD Live Linux platform. There's probably more info that I forgot to type up as have been asked to hold back. The interface is very similar to what's deployed with Charter and others - but some of the advanced functionality obviously won't be filtered by a stodgy MSO. The only new stuff is that I’ve now seen a working model of one of the boxes and that they’ve decided to bundle the Moxi Mate with the Multi-Room version which is something they were still debating the last time I talked. I think they’ve almost got a major retailer lined up and the eSATA support has successfully been tested up to 1TB so far. ASUS is an ODM for the Home Cinema AMD Live Linux platform. There’s probably more info that I forgot to type up as have been asked to hold back. The interface is very similar to what’s deployed with Charter and others – but some of the advanced functionality obviously won’t be filtered by a stodgy MSO.

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