Comments on: Digeo Takes on TiVo with Moxi

By: John

John — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:16:25 +0000

Lack of OTA recording is a deal killer for me. Everything else sounds good, despite reading critiques about the UI in some other reviews. I don’t have cable or satellite and no intention to do so. I used to be a satellite subscriber, but due to bad customer service and the economy, we had to let it go. Doubt I’ll ever return.

Basically I want OTA recording and no monthly fees.

By: CSX321

CSX321 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:22:52 +0000

I’ve got the older Moxi w/DVD and a MoxiMate with Charter in the St. Louis area. Had it for over 3 years now, and really like it. No ads or anything here, and it supports Charter’s VOD. The one thing I wish it could do that it doesn’t is something like Tivo’s Wishlist, where it could record things that aren’t yet on the schedule but that match some criteria. Other than that, no complaints at all.

By: RandomRage

RandomRage — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:41:49 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been waiting a long, long time for the second coming of Moxi, but $800 is just way too steep for me to dump TiVo. If it were $499 or so, then maybe, MAYBE…especially if it was at $500 and included a Moxi Mate. But $800 is just way too steep.

Less of a concern than OTA tuning is the fact that there’s only one M-Card slot. My previous experience with TWC was that no one. neither installers nor customer service, knew the difference between the two, so I was stuck with two s-cards for the duration of my TiVo usage with them.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:23:25 +0000

When I first saw the Moxi UI on a cable box in back in, what 2005? I thought it was pretty cool.

But sorry, its 2009. Anybody who wants something other than the cable company DVR (and there’s not that many of us) has already bought a Tivo. And if they didn’t, that $800 Moxi isn’t going to entice them.

I’ve got multiple Tivos, use the multi-room features, the Amazon On Demand, the Tivo Desktop conversions for my iPod, etc. I’m not going anywhere.

Sure I’d love to have a central vault with just little boxes in the other rooms, and the monthly fee isn’t something I relish. And the Tivo interface is archaic. But I’m locked in for quite some time to come, and with SDV coming on board, and Tru2Way at some point, I won’t be trusting Digeo with my money any time soon…

By: George

George — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:36:51 +0000

Brian, if you get the Moxi DVR via Charter, is the UI peppered with ads?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:50:26 +0000

Charter is currently deploying the new MOXI’s in the St. Louis area. I’ve been a MOXI user for three+ years now and I will never go to something else. Once you’ve had one you’ll never be able to use a standard DVR UI again.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:35:02 +0000

What you’re saying is that the cable industry has got Moto and Cisco locked up for DVR hardware and anyone trying to compete in retail will fail. Unfortunately, it’s probably true. Not quite a monopoly, but it’s way too difficult to enter this space. And the “open” CableCARD initiative became an even greater cluster, once SDV appeared.

I did read the new Moxi cable stuff is now being deployed on Charter. It’s both hardware and software, unlike the former SD stuff running on Moto hardware. Without a Paul Allen backed Charter, I wonder where Digeo would be.

By: Mari Silbey

Mari Silbey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:04:32 +0000

Two years ago the Moxi DVR would have been killer. Now, at $800, it’s not. Don’t know why Digeo’s in the hardware business. Should have done a better job of licensing out the Moxi software. Too late in the hardware game and not enough chops (from a business perspective) to compete. (Yes, I am biased as a contractor for Motorola, but still- who is going to buy this for $800??)