Thanks to Eric for his comment referencing less-than-stellar reviews on Sezmi. Worth reading are specific reviews from commenters to a January 6 post on tech-geek blog Zatz Not Funny. A few highlights:
I’m in the LA Pilot.
It’s lousy.
The box is slow, often taking several seconds to register button presses on the remote. Kind of like modern-day cable company DVRs in that respect.
The live TV guide only shows three channels at a time. There’s no number buttons on the remote, so you have to page up or down many many times just to do a simple channel change.
The quality of the cable channels is beyond horrible. They look as good as video downloads on the internet did about 10 years ago. All cable audio is plain ol’ stereo – no DD here.
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I’m also in the LA Pilot. The box is in my bedroom…I have it unplugged. It’s REALLY loud. I have the aerial on my roof plugged into the box pointed at Mt. Wilson, so I have excellent Read the rest of this entry »
