Comments on: Moxi HD DVR, In The Flesh

By: James W

James W — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:47:05 +0000

I love the fact that you can map Clear QAM channels… really with all my TiVo’s could do that.

Dave have you heard anything about TiVo allowing the same thing?

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:10:58 +0000

Yes there is multi-room viewing. Unlike tivo that requires you to transfer shows. The moxi will stream shows between moxi boxes and later there will be another moxi mate style unit released to allow you to access your tuners and recording from the main moxi.

So you can use a moxi and a moxi mate or just buy 2 full moxis, it works either way.

By: Len Lynch

Len Lynch — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:08:40 +0000

Dave, you’ve go an HP Media Server, right?

Does PlayOn install and work on it? Is there any issue with using it with Moxi on a WHS/Media Server?

Thanks for asking!

By: editorkid

editorkid — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:05:03 +0000

How’s the guide data and how well does Moxi handle its absence or incompleteness? My biggest gripe about Tivo is that, after a decade, it doesn’t have a “Once every 24 hours” recording option for shows like Daily Show and most news shows that carry only generic descriptions.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:59:11 +0000

M-Card gives you ‘multistream’ – meaning you can tune/record two channels at once. It’s not two-way, for VOD or SDV. SDV support on the Moxi could be enabled with a firmware update (no timing info provided) and a ‘tuning adapter’ offered by your cable provider. I highly doubt there will be a retail TiVo or Moxi tru2way DVR released in 2009. More thoughts/explanation/state-of-the-industry here:
http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-04/tru2way-at-the-cable-show/

By: Will

Will — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:56:38 +0000

Is this a “tru-way” box ? Moxi claims support M-Cable Card & Switch Digital Video, what else is part of “tru-way” that doesn’t make the “tru-way” compitable ?

By: David

David — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:30:22 +0000

How is the netflix integration? Seamless or bulky. Sounds bulky!

By: cypherstream

cypherstream — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:04:55 +0000

Hey Dave, glad to see you got your Moxi. I didn’t realize you were getting one also (as well as Ben). I guess Moxi finally realizes we need some real world reviews in order to persuade people to get these things.

I think it looks like there’s a ton of potential. I’d like to hear from you how responsive the UI feels. Is it faster than a Tivo / Cable / Sat DVR? Hows the guide data? Does it recognize repeats and choose not to record them if you have it set up that way? Do you know who provides the guide data? IE) Tribune, TVGuide, etc…

I’m a little hesitant to go third party DVR for loosing VOD ability. But if it really surpases the cable DVR, then I might just have to have two boxes (one cable HD for VOD and one Moxi for standard viewing).

Does it do resolution passthrough IE) 1080i comes over at 1080i and 720p at 720p? I currently fight with the Motorola DVR for this. I know it’s petty for some, but I can tell the difference when programs are double or triple converted. I’d rather take the extra seconds to have the TV re-sync to the proper resolution, than have the video go through multiple conversion steps and possibly loosing quality.

Did Comcast fight it tooth and nail to get the cable cards to work correctly? I hear so many horror stories with getting cable cards paired correctly.

I’d really like to know if there would be a possibility for a home brew community to get applications or feature additions to it… ie) caller id on tv, hulu, pandora/slacker, etc…

Looking forward to hearing your comments after you get some time with the unit. If you recomend it, quite possibly I’ll get one of these. I’m just so fed up with the bland / featurless comcast i-guide Motorola DVR.