Comments on: Digeo To Unveil Moxi Payment Plans

By: RandomRage

RandomRage — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:26:49 +0000

FYI: the payment plans are currently no good in Texas. Boo hiss.

By: Dale Dietrich

Dale Dietrich — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:04:11 +0000

Thanks Brian and Dave. I couldn’t live without wishlists. I use them constantly. Sounds like the moxi box’s primary benefit is its slick HD interface. But aren’t we exepcting a new slick HD interface from TiVo sometime soon? If/when TiVo knocks this out it ‘could’ overcome the Moxi’s biggest advantage?

I guess I should look at the spec sheet. Too lazy right now. Maybe Dave can ad a link to the spec sheet in his review. If the moxi has a more powerful processor or more RAM than the TiVo HD or S3 that too could be a differentiator re: future performance.

…Dale

By: Brian D Purcell

Brian D Purcell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:56:55 +0000

Zeo, I agree that the front page wording is misleading, but when you go to their side-by-side comparison page, they are pretty honest about what TiVo has compared to Moxi. MUCH more honest that other product side-by-sides I’ve seen on other websites.

I agree though that dollar-for-dollar, TiVo has a better product based on the specs (or possibly even neutral when you look at all the pros and cons). As Zatz says, the big question will be user experience, which I’m looking forward to getting a review.

By: ZeoTiVo

ZeoTiVo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:16:00 +0000

obligatory rant on the wording of 200$ less than semi comporable TiVo. They pick the TiVo HDXL with 1 TB drive to compare – yet TiVo HD has dual analog tuners and OTA but just a smaller 250 Gig drive for 100$ less AT RETAIL than a MOXI. I can pick up a 500 Gig DVR expander for TiVo for 90$ now adays and once again have way more features like MRV and abpove mentioned OTA for less than the cost of a MOXI.

So once again Digeo is sounding desperate for any sales to the point of “marketing lying” and any chance I might have taken them up on a 40$ a month deal is blown by their objectionable marketing tactics that makes me simply mistrust the whole company

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:05:38 +0000

Brian, I wouldn’t count on Jaman being long for this world.

Dale, Certainly differences in specs and features are worth covering, but so is the experience. That’s a bit more subjective and will take more time living with it, though.

By: Brian D Purcell

Brian D Purcell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:58:14 +0000

One more. TiVo can record OTA but Moxi is cable only.

By: Brian D Purcell

Brian D Purcell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:53:46 +0000

Oh yeah, also I’ve only heard Moxi having Ethernet networking, while TiVo has both ethernet and wireless networking capability.

By: Brian D Purcell

Brian D Purcell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:52:07 +0000

Dale,

The specs are at the Moxi website. It’s got 500GB internal with room for up to 2TB external ESATA.

What it has the TiVo doesn’t? Native HD interface, ability to play HULU and other online video as well as websites with “Play On” software, a couple of Arcade games, Picture In Menu viewing.

What TiVo has that Moxi doesn’t? Wishlist, Suggestions, move shows to PC or other device, Amazon, Jaman, CinemaNow, TiVo friendly interface (still waiting on good video showing Moxi interface).

It’s WAY too early to say which one’s better, and I’ll be interested in seeing a Zatz demo. For the price, I’m still happy with what TiVo offers me, but some solid competition can only help the market, especially since all the cable boxes I’ve seen are complete crap.