Whats up MOXI, are you real? I’m interested and looking.

Joe

As fed up with Comcast’s Motorola DVR as I am, I don’t want to give up the free VOD/HDVOD ability. I’m slightly hesitant to give up “if it’s broke, swap it out” mentality of no financial responsibility. Or if something newer comes out I can just “swap it out” for the newer model.

So what could the Moxi group do to get me motivated to switch? Well they already nailed the UI, How about VOD and SDV integration? Along with searchable VOD. How about lowering the price point? $800 is just too much. Perhaps offer a discount. How long’s the warranty? 3 years should be the minimum.

I do hope that UI’s improve across the board. With all of the XBMC themes out there, Boxee, Moxi, etc… all of these companies be it Cable operators or Tivo, they need to get with the program and start thinking like it’s the 21st century. Hey their only 9 years behind ain’t?

Also, would it be that hard to let you play music while browsing photos…?

Look, I’m sorry, but I’m not sure Tivo will survive the current market conditions. If Tivo came out now and just before I was going to buy one they axed half their staff? I’d think twice.

Unless Moxi is here in a couple of years, and Tivo continues to lag, I’m not going anywhere. I’ve got multiple Tivo units, use the Amazon VOD service, use the TTG features to get things onto my iPod, use the TCB feature to get Top Gear on my TV. I’m not really left wanting a lot.

If over time Moxi releases a cable VOD/SDV compatible box when Tivo doesn’t have one, and that situation stays true for quite a while, then I might consider it. But I’m highly incented to stay with Tivo, so its unlikely.

Diego the company is flat out telling lies to try and come off better. I gave dave a hard time when he showed a slide of Diego’s from CES that completely ignored lifetime for a TiVo and said you paid 12.95 a month. said MOXI was cheaper at 800$ whne a new user could buy a TiVo HD at retail with lifetime for 700$. Now they pile onto that unethical marketing with the tripe that is detailed here. All that has done for me is certify I will never trust the company Diego and thus extremely unlikely to get their products, ever.

Yes, TiVo is a for profit company and acts like it as well but they are not even close to the level Diego has found. What Diego has done here is simply unbleivable. add in that they can not even get a unit in the hands of videophiles on AVS forum let alone reviewers and their fate seems sealed.

I think you are cutting Diego a lot too much slack dave.

Would I LIKE an updated UI… sure. I would really like to have the picture-in-guide capability. But it isn’t something I would ever considering switching devices to get.

And I use my PS3 for putting my computer content (video and pictures) onto the TV. Works perfectly from my Mac (thanks to MediaLink).

The only really BIG thing I wish Tivo would do is to create a simple media-extender box. No cable I/O, just a network connection and the TV connections. It could have a small hard drive just to allow for storage of one show at a time copied from the other Tivos in the house (so it can use the existing code that Tivo uses today to stream content from one Tivo to another). I have a TV in my office, and I would love to be able to grab content that is recorded on my other Tivos and pull it down… but I don’t need massive storage or the ability to record anything on that device.

Maybe I just don’t understand the UI development process, but shoot, just give me an updated “Web 2.0″ look. I mean, there are 400 different themes for Ubuntu. Is it -that- hard to refresh your UI?

But again, navigating around Tivo-land is a less-than-stellar experience. Some things work great (fortunately the Now Playing / regular viewing routines), and some things suck so bad I avoid them (VOD, search, YouTube, Rhapsody).

Geez man, just slick the whole experience up and I’m happy.