7.13.05
Moxi, oh my Moxi
First, digital cable changed my life with it's excellent picture quality and Video on Demand service. Now, I've gotten Charter's Moxi digital video recorder (DVR) and television will never be the same.
I know DVR's have been around for years. I've seen the reviews and praises of their convenience, but I never thought that "TV watching" was serious enough to justify getting one of these. The ability to pause and rewind live TV and record directly to the unit is only a small scope of what this unit can do.
Like all DVR's, you can record one channel while watching another and even set the unit to record an entire season of shows to watch at your leisure. Yet, what makes the Moxi experience more enjoyable than traditional digital cable service is being able to continue watching TV while scrolling through what's currently on 10 other stations (at a time), configuring the unit's settings, or watching a customized news ticker (CNN style).
There are plenty of other pluses that new users and those coming from traditional digital set top boxes will appreciate...but there are also some "gotchas" to watch out for.
1) These Moxi units do NOT have coax outputs. If your television does not have RCA inputs then you will need to use a RF Modulator to connect the unit to your TV. You can NOT use a VCR with RCA inputs to connect your Moxi to the TV. In theory this should work, but it will not. The unit will boot up, go through all the processes and say "Launching Moxi", but the screen will go blank and not turn back on.
2) These units get hot. Make sure this is kept in a well ventilated location. Electronics tend to do funny things when they can't get rid heat: ie, lock up or crash.
3) This unit gets rid of heat by use of an active fan. The fan, while muffled, it audible in a quite room. If you are a light sleeper or like absolute silence, then putting this unit in another room would be advisable because you cannot turn the Moxi off unless you unplug it.
9:26 am in random | 1 person viewing0 ramblings so far