Akimbo Review
Well I have been promising this for awhile now, and I figured it was about time to go ahead and do it. I picked up this set top box form a company called Akimbo awhile back. The whol premise behind it is that they have farious selections of shows and you pick which ones you want, you can even schedule them from the web. After that the box uses you home internet connection and downloads the show to the set top box. They also have a component that you can use with a Windows Media PC also.
First blush after I opened the box and set it up was pretty good. The standard 9.99 pre month cost for all the basic offerings did not seem tod bad. There is quite a bit of free content such as video blogs and local talent plus videos, movie clips for upcoming attractions, and some odd comedy stuff as well. To get anything that you would normally recognize off of TV such as Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and Cartoon Network, you have to pay extra. What grips me is the model is not consistant. For Cratoon Network you pay a fee per month and get all the shows they have out there on Akimbo. Some of the other channels make you pay per freekin' show! That is my main annoyance.
Second look and it still seems pretty good. You won't want to use this as your primary means of watching TV. To me Akimbo is like having Pay-Per-View with a bunch more choices and odd content also with your normal TV. I'm paying all told about 25 per month with a couple of channels and of course all the free stuff. The set top box works pretty good, though I have had to reset it once since the video was kinda laggy but after that it worked fine. Did I also mention that there is a ton of Pr0n on there as well!(gotta pay for it). To me since I refuse to pay for cable going screw you rate for TV and Internet, this plus my over the air digital receiver plus Netflix gives me all the viweing pleasure I need and for less than what I was paying for before. I hate not having a choice plus I always like to be on the bleeding edge if I can.
In the end, Akimo is not for everyone especially a TV junkie(you know who you are;). In the end though, I f you know where to look and like out of the ordinary TV and weird conent to go along with your normal stuff, Akimbo is a good choice. Its a higher level of choice.
First blush after I opened the box and set it up was pretty good. The standard 9.99 pre month cost for all the basic offerings did not seem tod bad. There is quite a bit of free content such as video blogs and local talent plus videos, movie clips for upcoming attractions, and some odd comedy stuff as well. To get anything that you would normally recognize off of TV such as Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and Cartoon Network, you have to pay extra. What grips me is the model is not consistant. For Cratoon Network you pay a fee per month and get all the shows they have out there on Akimbo. Some of the other channels make you pay per freekin' show! That is my main annoyance.
Second look and it still seems pretty good. You won't want to use this as your primary means of watching TV. To me Akimbo is like having Pay-Per-View with a bunch more choices and odd content also with your normal TV. I'm paying all told about 25 per month with a couple of channels and of course all the free stuff. The set top box works pretty good, though I have had to reset it once since the video was kinda laggy but after that it worked fine. Did I also mention that there is a ton of Pr0n on there as well!(gotta pay for it). To me since I refuse to pay for cable going screw you rate for TV and Internet, this plus my over the air digital receiver plus Netflix gives me all the viweing pleasure I need and for less than what I was paying for before. I hate not having a choice plus I always like to be on the bleeding edge if I can.
In the end, Akimo is not for everyone especially a TV junkie(you know who you are;). In the end though, I f you know where to look and like out of the ordinary TV and weird conent to go along with your normal stuff, Akimbo is a good choice. Its a higher level of choice.
posted by Junkman73 at 6:11 PM
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