I'm not ready to jump on the AZbox yet as I don't have a pressing need for it. Every time I think about getting one because I'd like to have a networked media player anyway, I remind myself that they haven't explicitly stated that it'll be able to do blind scanning with the existing tuner, not to mention haven't committed to a release date for blind scanning of any sort.
Jim S.
Certainly the absence of blind scan capabilities has many folks turning their heads away from this receiver. However, I am appreciating all of this box's other amenities and I think many of us have been spoiled too much by the blind scan feature. I wish this box had it as that would make it top notch for me! But, I am not complaining too much. It is a doggone great receiver!
Despite the many quirks and bugs that still have yet to be worked out, I am very happy with mine. I wouldn't give it a 10, but it would be well above a 5. I wouldn't want a 5 or less. I suppose I would currently rate it at 7.8! The Coolsat 5K gets 8.2 and the Fortec Star Dynamic deserves at least an 8.0.
If you give the AZBox Premium Blind Scan capabilities, it would rate 8.4! Install a 500 GB or better HDD and increase the rating to 8.6. Put a second DVB-S2 tuner in it and I'd boost it to 8.8. Correct all the current bugs and I'd give it a 9.0!
A 10.0 would cook dinner and pop popcorn for me and play the movies I want to see via voice command and adjust the room lighting, too.
I am just making these number ratings up arbitrarily and off the cuff. I don't have an exact system of rating these boxes, just simply a gut reaction. I also use a logarithmic scale! So it takes a lot to reach the top.
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