The U/I for the Moxi box is confusing. If it were really “highly regarded,” someone beside Charter Communications (whose chairman is also Paul Allen) would have offered it.

TiVo isn’t great, but this is no competitor.

My Moxi experience is what convinced me to get a Tivo. The interface is horrible. The recording space is limited. It would let me schedule a “season pass” unless I had enough space for all the episodes i entended to keep. Randomly deleting recordings and failing to record shows.

Oh and the big kicker… no grid view for browsing whats on TV.

I’ve since tried the SA 8300HD from Knology and have to say while the experience is still better than Moxi it is in no way comparible to Tivo.

Meaning for a 2-tuner DVR you’d need one multistream card.

CableCARD 2.0 which is bi-directional (not multistream) is required for PPV and VOD.

I see this as the death knell of Moxi. Chase the upmarket, with an overpriced, latecomer. And how do you get “highly regarded”. You’re being too kind. Have you read 241 pages of the AVS forum? I’ll save you the trouble. Mostly bugs, delayed software fixes/upgrades, and finally the departure of the Moxi staff that worked the boards.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=412846&page=242&pp=30

Competition is good – but at $1000, this would be competition only at the (very) high end. By the end of 2007 I wouldn’t be surprised if the Series3 is under $500 – perhaps well under. The Moxi box sounds like it will have some neat features – like their multi-room streaming, etc. But they’re going to have to deal with CableLabs, just like TiVo. CableLabs has yet to approve TiVo’s MRV, TTG, etc. We’ll see how well Digeo fairs with Moxi.

I’d like to see TiVo get some competition too, but unless Moxi figures out a way to lower the price I’m not sure this is all that interesting.