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Try Internet TV MOYO TV - and you will understand that cable and satellite TV are hopelessly outdated!

MOYO BOX is your new interactive home multimedia IPTV media center. Connect to the TV of the future today, order and connect to the service right now! If you don't like it, we'll refund your money.

MOYO Box - WiFi online TV player to access MOYO video service on your TV screen. Without extra wires in the apartment, antennas, installation and waiting for the master.
To connect, you need a TV or monitor with HDMI input and access to the Internet via WiFi or Ethernet.

Innovative interface
- Convenient menu structure
- An individual profile for each family member or one for all.
- Works throughout Russia.
- Over 100 digital channels including real-time HD, as well as pause and rewind for 72 hours!
- Catalogs of movies and series from partners ivi, MEGOGO, YouTube, etc.
- End-to-end search by movie / program titles > searches on the air and TV archive, plus in directories. The user sees the issue on request from all sources.
- Internet radio, weather, exchange rates.

Subscription management and payment directly in the interface of the set-top box.

The easiest and most efficient connection.

MOYO uses the most advanced over-the-top OTT video content delivery technology.

MOYO is a streaming service that can be accessed anywhere in Russia by connecting a MOYO Box device to your TV.
The user can watch hundreds of TV channels with the ability to pause and rewind the air that has passed in the last 72 hours, collections of films from ivi and MEGOGO online cinemas, YouTube, as well as integrated catalogs of hundreds of series and TV shows from TNT, Friday, 2x2 and TV -3, which are available to users at any time. More than 120,000 videos per month are processed and described by editors to ensure that our users see the best!

You don't need instructions to connect the MOYO Box, as soon as you connect the HDMI cable to the TV and turn on the player's power, the system will boot up and simple prompts will appear on the screen. Connecting to WiFi is no more difficult than on your smartphone - enter the password and you're done. You can watch. If the router is near the TV, you can also connect via an Ethernet cable.

Subscription options:

Starter - always available for free! These are more than 30+ digital channels with an archive of 72 hours, as well as ivi applications, YouTube, series catalogs and the best Russian and foreign television shows.

All-in-one - for 390 rubles per month you can buy access to more than 100+ TV channels with an archive of 72 hours.

If you are a fan of foreign TV shows, open access to two premium channels Amedia Hit and Amedia Premium for only 199 rubles per month.
Football fans for 380 rubles a month are offered to connect three HD channels - Football 1, Football 2, Football 3 (former NTV plus channels).

Even more movies can be obtained by subscribing to the PLUS KINO HD tariff (5 channels) for 380 rubles per month (former NTV plus channels).

There are also adult subscriptions for 100 rubles and 150 rubles per month to choose from.

MOYO channel list:


- Where and how does MOYO work?
To connect the set-top box, of course, you need a TV or monitor with an HDMI input and access to the Internet via WiFi. The service works throughout Russia with Internet speeds of 3 Mbps and 5 Mbps for Full HD picture quality.

MOYO Advantage:
MOYO users no longer have to think about how to connect digital TV in a new apartment, you can move with MOYO throughout Russia. And even if you change your place of residence or you have a different TV - you are guaranteed to receive everywhere the already familiar and customized high-quality service of individual TV viewing.

An ordinary TV can be endowed with "mind" in many ways - a pre-installed OS, "dongles" that are inserted into the HDMI port of the TV, and set-top boxes.

And if the operating system is chosen by the manufacturer himself, and the dongles require painstaking setup, then a set-top box may be the best option for a TV.

They have impressive functionality and, thanks to their small box form factor, can have good hardware. Among the set-top boxes there are also representatives on the "naked" Android with the "Play Market" and other things, but the set-top boxes with the "own" operating system are much more interesting.

It should be understood that most of them work on the same Android, but modified for specific purposes of "smart" TV, with the exception of TV. The two most prominent representatives of this segment will be discussed - Apple TV 4 and Moyo TV.

Moyo TV

MOYO is primarily a service that combines many other services such as online cinemas and regular TV channels. It works only through the proprietary prefix Moyo Box, the cost of which is 5 thousand rubles. In terms of design, this is an ordinary black box with a glossy lid. On the case there is an HDMI port, optical and analog audio outputs, as well as a USB input. It comes with a simple remote control and an HDMI cable.

The main screen is represented by cards with recommendations, which the service selects automatically depending on the browsing history and preferences. Among these cards are movies, latest news releases, match records, and in general everything that the algorithm found interesting for a particular user. But the prefix “understands” preferences only after some time of its use, and until that moment you will have to manually search for the desired channel, show and movie.

The bundled remote is devoid of frills, but it is convenient to use

As for TV channels, with the help of Moyo you can watch not only live broadcasts, but also recorded programs up to three days ago.

It is rather difficult to find something more or less relevant and interesting in the sections "Cinema" and "Serials". The Applications section deserves special attention, where there are Russian online cinemas ivi.ru, Megogo, as well as Amediateka. Just the presence of "Amediateka" saves the situation.

Usage is overshadowed by frequent “lags” and a delay after pressing a button.

Moyo works on a subscription basis, but you can start using the set-top box right out of the box, since the first 30 days of viewing all content are free. Next, you will need to select the type of subscription, there is also a free one. It gives you access to 30 TV channels and a catalog of movies and shows from various channels. There is also a subscription with 100 TV channels and two channels Amedia Premium and Hit for 550 rubles. per month. Subscription for 790 rubles. adds access to "Amediateka".

Apple TV4

The fourth generation of Apple's set-top box has received much more features than its predecessors. Until now, Apple TV could simply play movies and music from iTunes and had support for several other services, most of which are not available in Russia.

Externally, the set-top box is practically no different from the third generation, except that it has become as tall as two Apple TV 3. The increase in size is due to improved hardware, which is comparable to the iPhone 6. Such power is needed to run applications from the App Store.

The fourth generation of Apple TV is noticeably "fat" in relation to the past

It was the presence of third-party applications from the App Store that made it possible to expand the scope of the set-top box from Apple.

The remote control has a built-in microphone and touchpad, as well as an accelerometer and a gyroscope. You can recharge it with Lightning. It is difficult to get used to touch control instead of push-buttons, you experience particular difficulties while typing.

In terms of movie and video playback, nothing has changed significantly. In addition to buying iTunes movies, you can rent them for much less money. In addition, it supports AirPlay remote playback from iOS devices, which in the new generation supports broadcasting in FullHD. The audio player has support for the Apple Music service.

On the tvOS home screen, at the very top are previews of the main row of applications: in the case of Movies and Music, this is the top, the App Store is recommended applications. Just below all other programs. With a long press on the icon, you can move it to the same main row and swap it with other applications.

The tvOS home screen is not much different from past generations, but has become more colorful

In the App Store itself, at the moment, the choice of applications for Apple TV is limited.

First of all, these are applications related to video content - Periscope, Amediateka and others. Among the games, the leaders are mostly simple ones, often designed for children.

Apple TV is sold in two versions, 32 and 64 GB of storage, at a price of 14 thousand and 18 thousand rubles. For a seemingly ordinary TV set-top box, the price is high, and it's hard to disagree with that. But since the previous generation of the set-top box is on sale for much less money and there is no need for the App Store, this is quite a good option.

Outcome

Apple TV and Moyo are very different from each other. Perhaps they are united only by the fact that these are TV set-top boxes. In all other respects, these are different devices for different needs.

Apple TV is perfect for those who love movies and TV shows, as well as spend time playing simple games in front of the TV. Moyo TV, on the other hand, is for TV fans in general, with news releases, shows and matches.

At the same time, the fourth-generation Apple TV differs from the third in support of third-party applications and everything that follows from this. That is, for normal watching movies and playing videos from an iOS device, Apple TV 3 will be enough, which costs much less.


AMD is expected to continue to be the main supplier of key SoCs for the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Previously, various leaks and rumors have repeatedly indicated this: both Microsoft and Sony have confirmed work on new systems, and the latter even assured that the PlayStation 5 can be expected in 2020. But so far, there has been no official information about AMD's participation in these projects.

However, in a recent conversation with CNBC, AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed that her company is working with both Sony and Microsoft on next-gen consoles. Moreover, the head noted that, by analogy with chips for Xbox One and PS4, new AMD solutions for both companies will differ and include “secret ingredients” created for a specific system. We can talk about special blocks: for example, allowing to overcome the main shortcomings of cloud games in the future Microsoft system. At least AMD, following Microsoft itself, recently mentioned that Xbox Next is being created with an eye on cloud services.

At the moment, there is information that the processors for both consoles are likely to receive Zen CPU cores instead of weak Jaguars in current consoles. At the same time, the graphics for PS5, as stated in the rumors, will be based on the AMD Navi architecture, which in itself could in many ways be the fruit of a collaboration with Sony engineers.
Assuming the current rumors are true, it's safe to say that CPUs in new gaming platforms will become much more powerful. When developing the PS4 and Xbox One, Sony and Microsoft engineers used relatively weak processors, compensating for this fact by making the integrated graphics more programmable and less dependent on the CPU due to low-level graphics APIs. The success of these platforms, as well as many hits, including the latest Spider-Man for PS4, are proof that consoles can actually deliver great gaming graphics.

Today, the Xbox One X remains an excellent gaming system, far outperforming any equivalent $500 PC. This was especially true during the cryptocurrency boom, when GPU prices skyrocketed and the PC gaming market was hit hard. However, it's worth remembering that Jaguar cores were developed many years ago as an alternative to low-end Intel Atom netbook processors. The result was some nasty performance quirks on the Xbox One and PS4, such as huge L2 latencies when reading from one 4-core CPU cluster to another. And for displaying graphically rich projects at 4K resolutions or at 60 fps, the weak processor of modern consoles very often becomes a bottleneck. And the next systems will be aimed at 60 fps.
Cross-cluster cache latencies on PS4 are bad enough that companies have had to develop innovative methods for storing data locally while keeping the GPU running continuously.
Inter-cluster cache latencies on PS4 are high enough that companies have had to develop innovative methods for storing data locally while keeping the GPU running continuously.
In turn, CPU cores with Zen architecture were not only designed to compete with the most powerful Intel Core processors, but also perform well in already released single-chip systems that include Vega graphics and are limited in power consumption. As a result, it is hoped that the new consoles will be free from most of the bottlenecks associated with insufficient performance of CPU units.
If Sony and Microsoft want a true 8-core single-chip system (as opposed to essentially two separate 4-core clusters on the PS4 and Xbox One), they can use Ryzen. The significantly higher efficiency of these chips compared to Bulldozer or Jaguar means that both companies will be able to keep power consumption low enough while delivering significant performance gains. In terms of operations per clock, Ryzen outperforms Kaveri by 1.52 times (despite the fact that the latter outperforms Jaguar by another 1.15 times in terms of IPC). Don't forget about the new technological norms: 2020 consoles can count on at least 7nm, and even 5nm chip production.

Without knowing the details about Navi, it's hard to speculate about what GPU capabilities new systems can get, but chances are that here, too, the gains could be significant. Since 2012, AMD has been using, by and large, the same basic GCN architecture, gradually refining it and tying it to the current generation of consoles. It is in Navi that the most important architectural innovations are expected - that is, by the release of PS5 and Xbox Next, the PC market may also receive fundamentally new video cards and AMD graphics technologies.
By the way, there are persistent rumors that in addition to Microsoft and Sony, Google is also working on its own game console - its solution should be built around cloud games. Microsoft is allegedly going to release two separate Xbox Next consoles - a traditional one that runs games locally, and a cloud one.

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In September last year, Apple introduced the AirPower wireless charger, which should feature the ability to charge three gadgets at the same time. Initially, Apple announced its intention to start selling AirPower in 2018, but the novelty has not yet appeared on the market. Now rumors began to circulate that the project could be curtailed altogether.

The fact is that at the September 12 presentation of the latest iPhone Xs and Xs Max smartphones, as well as Watch Series 4 watches, not a word was said about the AirPower station. Moreover, network sources noticed that all mention of AirPower disappeared from the website of the "apple" empire.
Last summer, Bloomberg reported that AirPower sales should begin in the third quarter of this year. But this period is coming to an end, and nothing is heard about the launch of the charging station on the market.

Observers conclude that Apple could shelve the AirPower project or even curtail it due to difficulties. One of the problems was previously called the need to use a large number of components to ensure the simultaneous charging of different gadgets, regardless of their location on the surface of the station.
The “apple” empire itself does not comment on the situation.

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"Summer Cinema Radiola 103.0 FM" 2018 has completed its work. More than 2,000 citizens watched their favorite films outdoors. Every Thursday of the summer, Radiola 103.0 FM delighted the citizens of Saratov with familiar, kind, sincere open-air cinema.
Together we laughed at the incredible adventures of Italians in Russia, remembered the story of friendship between true friends, worried about the heroes of the autumn marathon, learned how to become the most charming and attractive. We reviewed wonderful films and enjoyed the game of great actors.
On August 30, the final screening took place as part of the Radiola 103.0 FM Summer Cinema project in 2018. An entertaining quiz with gifts from Radiola awaited all the guests. Branch "Choose Radio" in Saratov. Branch radio stations: Retro FM, Radiola 103.0 FM, Russian Radio, Avtoradio, Love Radio, Radio Record.

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In the near future, it is planned to organize the supply of a curious device - a smartphone called ZeroPhone, aimed primarily at developers.

The device is based on a single-board mini-computer Raspberry Pi Zero. This product is equipped with a Broadcom BCM2835 ARM11 processor running at 1 GHz. The amount of RAM is 512 MB.
The smartphone is equipped with a 1.3-inch OLED display with a resolution of 128 × 64 pixels. Wi-Fi wireless connectivity is supported, and Bluetooth support is optional.
In its current form, the device can only work in cellular networks of the second generation 2G/GSM. In the future, it is planned to implement support for third-generation 3G networks.

You can use a microSD memory card, various sensors and cameras. The operating system with the Linux kernel is used as a software platform.
Available connectors include a digital HDMI interface, a full-sized USB port, and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack.
The ZeroPhone smartphone is expected to cost approximately $50.

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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports that the atmosphere on Mars in the area where the Opportunity rover is located is gradually being cleared of dust. And this means that the rover will soon get a chance to resume work.

Recall that at the end of May of this year, a colossal storm covered the Red Planet, due to which the Opportunity solar panels were unable to generate energy. As a result, the rover went into emergency mode, in which all subsystems are disabled. The last time the rover made contact was on June 10.
Opportunity's solar panels will soon begin receiving enough light to generate power, according to NASA. However, it is not yet clear what state the robot is in. There is a possibility that it will simply not be possible to bring the on-board systems back to life due to prolonged downtime and hypothermia.

Experts say that if Opportunity does not get in touch within 45 days, the active phase of returning the device to life will be completed. Over the next few months, NASA will continue to passively wait for signals from the rover.
In any case, the Opportunity has already exceeded its useful life many times over. This robot has been on the Red Planet since January 2004, and initially its mission was designed for 90 Martian days.

MOYO is an application for iPhone and iPad that serves as a control panel for media centers of the same manufacturer. The program allows you to easily switch channels, lower and raise the volume, "rewind" the video, and adjust the image parameters. You can praise the program, first of all, for its extremely pleasant and stylish appearance. The application connects to the media center in a matter of seconds, and it is carried out through a Wi-Fi access point. The program independently detects all connected media centers, and the user only needs to select the desired one. The MOYO graphical shell consists of two main sections - the first one displays all kinds of sliders and controls, and the second one has a numeric panel, using which you can enter channel numbers and numerical values ​​for contrast parameters. Switching between panels is done with one touch.

In the latest versions of the MOYO app, the developers have also added the ability to enable, disable and set the media center shutdown timer. From other similar programs, MOYO is distinguished by high stability and precise touch processing. The program is completely free.


Everyone is well aware and everyone is aware of the existence of the AppleTV set-top box, or the foreign online cinema service NetFlix, and many others, but the service of the Russian developer MOYO TV unfairly remains in the shadows, although in many respects it is a head, or even two more serious their foreign competitors. It is about the Russian television of the new generation - the Moyo TV device, which changes the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe abilities of the TV and our review will be today.

At the moment, too many different types of television have been divorced - this is satellite TV, and cable, and digital IP TV, while there are hundreds of channels everywhere, but the paradox is that there is “nothing to watch”. The Moyo TV smart television service was created just to take responsibility for analyzing the viewer's personal preferences and selecting content for him. Moreover, the service is not limited to television alone. The service is learning and the more you watch programs or movies, the more accurately your personal content feed is formed.

A prerequisite for using the service is the presence of a MOYO BOX device. All ingenious engineering thought fit into a compact glossy box measuring 9 by 9 cm. Connects to TV using an HDMI cable (which is included in the kit), or using an analog composite audio / video output.

In addition, on the back of the device are:

Connector for connecting the power supply
- S/PDIF - optical audio output for connecting to a home theater (PCM / DolbyDigital 5.1 format)
- Port for Internet connection (LAN)
- USB port for connecting a keyboard/mouse or external sources of information.

Also included in the package is a universal remote control that can control not only the set-top box, but also the TV. Probably the best remote control I have ever come across. It lies perfectly in the hand and perfectly fulfills all button presses. The power of the infrared transmitter is more than enough to control the set-top box without thinking which way the remote control is directed.

For owners of gadgets based on the Android and iOS operating systems, special applications have been developed with which you can also control the set-top box. The only important condition for this will be the mandatory connection to the same network (router).

When you turn it on for the first time, the set-top box will ask you to set up an Internet connection - this is a prerequisite for using the equipment. Without the Internet, unfortunately, you will not be able to use the service. You can choose to use a cable connection (LAN) or wireless WiFi networks. For comfortable viewing of HD channels, you need a speed of at least 3 megabits / s. TV channels and movies in normal quality usually require only 1.5-2 megabits. If the connection is not stable and the set-top box is not capable of pulling high quality, then it automatically switches to a lower quality stream.

It will also be necessary to create a personal viewer account, and you can log in using the social networks Vkontakte or Facebook. I recommend creating personal accounts for each member of your family so that the set-top box does not get confused and selects content in accordance with the individual preferences of each viewer.

The more you watch the TV shows you are interested in, the more accurately the service forms your personal feed. Moreover, the tape consists not only of TV programs that are currently on the air, but also a recording from the archive! Perhaps the coolest and most unusual thing in the MOYO TV service is the recording of the entire broadcast for a period of 7 days! The company's servers record the broadcast of more than 100 channels and store these records for a week! It is from this archive, as well as from the services of online cinemas, that the material is selected.

If you missed an important news release or some kind of sports program, it doesn’t matter, during the week you can always “rewind” the broadcast and watch whatever your heart desires. Or, when watching a live broadcast, you can pause and go away on business, and when you return, you can continue watching from where you left off. At the same time, no built-in storage media is required, all data is stored on MOYO TV servers.

In total, the archive of the service contains 100 TV channels for every taste and “color”, more than 300 foreign TV series, up to 600 news releases, more than 5,000 films, 50 Internet radio stations, at least 100 sports broadcasts and programs, about 500 TV shows and educational programs, multifms and millions of videos from Youtube. As MOYO TV themselves write, this is enough to watch for the next 10 years.

The console interface is very well structured and optimized. And it is optimized in every sense. Firstly, it does not slow down and does not give the impression of a cheap stuffing, and secondly, it is designed in such a way that from the moment you select content to the start of viewing, you only need to make 1-2 movements with the joystick of the remote control.

Moreover, if you mark the program or series you like in “favorites”, then with the release of a new series, it will be waiting for you on the main screen. It remains only to click "OK" and enjoy watching.

All programs and TV channels are beautifully visually designed and have detailed descriptions. There is a program guide and you can even mark in advance what exactly you would like to watch, and when the right time comes, the device itself will remind you of this if it is in active mode, or it will offer you to watch the recording of the broadcast later.

This service is quite capable of weaning off torrents. You no longer have to watch for the release of a new series of your favorite series, the TV box will do everything for you.

As a gift for the purchase of the device, 30 days of a free test drive are offered, which includes all services (except for the MEGOGO+ online cinema and 18+ channels)
This means that you can use more than 100 TV channels (including in HD quality), movie and series catalogs from Amediateka.

For those who find this not enough, there is always a section with subscriptions where you can subscribe to additional content.

Subscription options:

- Moyo Free- free of charge more than 30 TV channels, as well as TV3, TNT, 2x2 services and shows, IVI cinema, YouTube and others.
- 100+ TV channels- 390 rubles per month.
- Moyo Ultra- 550 rubles per month. Includes 100+ channels, Amedia Premium and Amedia Hit
- Moyo Extra- 890 rubles per month. Includes 100+ channels, + Amediateka, Amedia Premium and Amedia Hit
- MEGOGO+- 299r per month. Premium collection of movies, series and cartoons.
- 18+ - 150r per month.

Subscriptions can be combined, and there is a 25% discount if you pay annually. (the promotion is temporary and does not apply to all subscriptions).

MOYO Box can also work as a multimedia "harvester". When you connect an external media, you can play music and movies without thinking about which codec you need to watch. The device easily reads any multimedia files, including 3D video. The only prerequisite for playing video content is sound - you need to connect the set-top box to the acoustics or receiver with an optical S / PDIF cable. Sound is output via HDMI only when native services (TV, series and movies) are used.

On the official website, they ask for 4900 rubles for the prefix, but if you follow the link to the OZON online store, you can buy it for 4000 rubles. By today's standards, this is not a large amount, especially considering that the set-top box can be used not only for its intended purpose for intelligent television services, but also as a media player. Even when compared with modern media players, the price will be very competitive. Moreover, the same price includes 30 days of a test drive. And if for some reason the device did not suit you, then your money will be returned.

I think it's a very fair approach. A subscription to channel and movie packages is no more expensive than the same satellite or cable TV, while the quality of the transmitted image is higher, and the level of services is not even worth comparing.

If you cannot or do not want to pay for the next subscription period, then you will still have access to a service of more than 30 TV channels, as well as online cinemas IVI, YouTube and others. The only negative is that you must have the Internet and be on the territory of the Russian Federation.