Akimbo HD Downloads
A week or two ago HD Beat took a look at the Akimbo HD download service. The subscription fee is $9.99 per month, and you download content to a stand-alone set-top-box, or to your Windows Media Center Edition PC. Mr. Drawbaugh chose the latter option.
Akimbo has only recently started carrying content from HDNet, so the selection of HD content is still limited. Hopefully that’ll change as time goes by. Lots of content is free, but shows from cable range between $0.49 and $9.99. I don’t know if that’s per month or per episode, but either way, that’s steep when you consider that you’re already paying the $9.99 monthly fee.
Mr. Drawbaugh was impressed with the service, but didn’t like the limited selection.
Hmmm, not for me. Like I’ve said before, the Akimbo service seems too expensive for what you get.
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April 27th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
I called Akimbo to get more information on their service. I asked the question, “once I purchase the content, can I back it up to other media? Is the content mine to keep?” To which the lady replied, “No, the content expires.” So, you pay a monthly fee, pay for the set-top box (if you’re not using their computer software), and finally pay for content that expires. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!