Comments on: The future of cable TV that you probably will never get to watch http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/ Exploring the 2010 Web Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:12:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hatemoxi http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-120028 hatemoxi Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:29:57 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/#comment-120028 I used to work for Microsoft in Redmond on embedded streaming media so I think I understand a thing or two about the subject and I can tell you that, yes the moxi has a nice UI but thats where the niceness ends. while it does have two ATSC tuners I had to get an external analog tuner from Digeo do non-digital channels. And with the change to switched video tehcnology that many cable companies are making the Moxi has no support at all. The support from Digeo has been horrible also. No phone line, you have to coverse with them through a chat window. What a mistake it has been buying this thing. The Moxi has been nothing but a headache and I would toss it out the window if I didn't care about the $800 bucks I spent on it. I used to work for Microsoft in Redmond on embedded streaming media so I think I understand a thing or two about the subject and I can tell you that, yes the moxi has a nice UI but thats where the niceness ends. while it does have two ATSC tuners I had to get an external analog tuner from Digeo do non-digital channels. And with the change to switched video tehcnology that many cable companies are making the Moxi has no support at all. The support from Digeo has been horrible also. No phone line, you have to coverse with them through a chat window. What a mistake it has been buying this thing. The Moxi has been nothing but a headache and I would toss it out the window if I didn't care about the $800 bucks I spent on it.

]]> By: Brian http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-31936 Brian Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:32:17 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/#comment-31936 I just had my MOXI box taken away from me today because ever since Time Warner took over from Adelphia, it has not worked right. THEY claim that it's because MOXI sucks. THEY suck. This new box that they gave us is a POS. If I want to watch one thing and record another, I have to switch back and forth between tuners. The guide has advertising in it, which is really nice and classy, and the UI looks like crap. This coming fall, MOXI will be available as a Consumer Electronic DVR at stores like Best Buy. I'm so excited about that day I could just pee. I just had my MOXI box taken away from me today because ever since Time Warner took over from Adelphia, it has not worked right. THEY claim that it’s because MOXI sucks. THEY suck. This new box that they gave us is a POS. If I want to watch one thing and record another, I have to switch back and forth between tuners. The guide has advertising in it, which is really nice and classy, and the UI looks like crap. This coming fall, MOXI will be available as a Consumer Electronic DVR at stores like Best Buy. I’m so excited about that day I could just pee.

]]> By: VerginiaSlims http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-31935 VerginiaSlims Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:13:15 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/#comment-31935 Well as far fetched as it, IPTV too me only exists in two realms - the software version and online websites that cater to television. Software versions that use multicast tech like PPStream, Amazon's new unbox, and QuickTimes new unicast feature. And then the web versions like FreeTube ( http://www.FreeTube.co.nr ), Zorbitz ( http://www.orbtv.com ), or YouTube (http://www.youtube.com). Well as far fetched as it, IPTV too me only exists in two realms – the software version and online websites that cater to television.

Software versions that use multicast tech like PPStream, Amazon’s new unbox, and QuickTimes new unicast feature. And then the web versions like FreeTube ( http://www.FreeTube.co.nr ), Zorbitz ( http://www.orbtv.com ), or YouTube (http://www.youtube.com).

]]> By: Michiel http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-31934 Michiel Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:55:42 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/#comment-31934 I gots me my future of cable TV: It's called MythTV. http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures Nothing like rolling your own, that way you KNOW the UI will be good, at least for you ;) I gots me my future of cable TV: It’s called MythTV.
http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures

Nothing like rolling your own, that way you KNOW the UI will be good, at least for you ;)

]]> By: truth http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-31933 truth Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:22:20 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/#comment-31933 BTW, Michael Markman has recently been fired by Digeo, the makers of Moxi. He was not the designer or the creative force behind the design. It is just a re-skinning of Nokia's Navi Bars (http://www.nokia.com/EUROPE_NOKIA_COM_3/r2/flash/homeproducts/navibars/). The biggest problem with Moxi is that the box costs way more than any other product on the market, but doesn't generate any more revenue. It also is an operational and testing nigtmare for the cable companies that deploy it. Rumor has it that Comcast and Time Warner will get rid of it once the Adelphia acquisition happens. BTW, Michael Markman has recently been fired by Digeo, the makers of Moxi. He was not the designer or the creative force behind the design. It is just a re-skinning of Nokia’s Navi Bars (http://www.nokia.com/EUROPE_NOKIA_COM_3/r2/flash/homeproducts/navibars/).

The biggest problem with Moxi is that the box costs way more than any other product on the market, but doesn’t generate any more revenue. It also is an operational and testing nigtmare for the cable companies that deploy it. Rumor has it that Comcast and Time Warner will get rid of it once the Adelphia acquisition happens.

]]> By: John Tracy http://scobleizer.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-31927 John Tracy Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:44:05 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/the-future-of-cable-tv-that-you-probably-will-never-get-to-watch/#comment-31927 Robert, You're right, consumers, scratch that, customers, don't have a choice. That is, unless they know how to build their own box. The average user isn't going to go to such an extreme. I have built my own box based off MythTV. It acts as my digital receiver, DVR, DVD, and multimedia player. With the amount of development, it will soon handle podcasts, and BitTorrent. Add a resourceful entreprenuer, and maybe a venture capitalist, and a 3rd party receiver company is born. Screw the cable companies, just build devices that translate their signal, and add all the extra functionality that customers want. Oh and, these boxes do HD too. They are already future-proof because you can add on to them, upgrade them, and update them anytime. Robert,
You’re right, consumers, scratch that, customers, don’t have a choice. That is, unless they know how to build their own box. The average user isn’t going to go to such an extreme. I have built my own box based off MythTV. It acts as my digital receiver, DVR, DVD, and multimedia player. With the amount of development, it will soon handle podcasts, and BitTorrent.

Add a resourceful entreprenuer, and maybe a venture capitalist, and a 3rd party receiver company is born. Screw the cable companies, just build devices that translate their signal, and add all the extra functionality that customers want.

Oh and, these boxes do HD too. They are already future-proof because you can add on to them, upgrade them, and update them anytime.

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