Moxi MR 1500T3 HD Digital Video Recorder
Moxi MR 1500T3 HD Digital Video Recorder
Designed to unleash your high-definition entertainment, the Moxi HD DVR is the perfect HD TV companion. With a digital cable subscription and a broadband connection, you can enjoy content from your cable provider, your PC, and the Internet. Once you’ve purchased a Moxi HD DVR, unlike other DVR’s, you’ll pay no monthly subscription fees. Born in HD, the Moxi Menu is the only user interface with HD graphics and an Emmy Award. The Moxi Menu makes it easy to find what you’re looking for and fun to find something new. The 500 GB hard drive lets you record up to 75 hours of HD or 300 hours of SD programming. Along with the best DVR in the world, you’ll get a music jukebox, photo display, game arcade, and news browser.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Love it!
I decided to take the plunge and buy this DVR- who can pass up the 30 day money back guarantee? I have used Tivo in the past, but their service is over-rated! Setup was pretty simple- just get a multi-stream cable card from your cable provider (in my case, Wide Open West), plug it in, read the CSR the HostID number and presto, it’s provisioned with your account. After I activated my moxi online, I simply logged in and scheduled my shows using their website and everything is working like a charm.
The menu navigation took a few minutes for me to get used to- but it’s actually fairly simple and I like it better than the “grid/guide” menu system. It streams divx movies and Mp3’s directly from my PC- all without fuss.
A few things I think would benefit with a software update:
Ability to change default recording options
- i.e. first run vs re-runs, how long to keep the shows.. each of these have to be setup manually while you setup the scheduling.
Also, if you could download different menu themes/color schemes rather than the out of the box blue color (which is very pretty- but color options would make a world of difference).
Lastly… a front panel CLOCK! I didn’t realize how much I looked at my old cable box just to see the time..
Overall, the actual functionality and moxi service is by far the best I’ve ever seen and well deserving of 5 stars!
Give it a try- you won’t be disappointed!
3 Stars Ok, but not on Tivo level.
The good I like the interface, no monthly bill,good support staff and the picture and ticker are nice.
The bad It will crash for no reason, If your at a angle with remote doesn’t work well, and the price.
This is a first gen equipment it is better than most secondary PVRs.If your patience I think Moxi can get rid of some the bugs with future updates. Because the price I would wait for the next box(Moxi 2?). I hope Moxi makes it competition is for the business.
5 Stars Moxi really delivers
The Moxi hd dvr really delivers in so many ways. One of the best things about this company is their customer service. Fed ex missed delivery with me the day it was supposed to arrive. They didn’t knock or ring any bell. So I was chatting with a rep and he said he would personally call them himself and ask if they could stop by again. To my surprise they did! within a few hours later it arrived. So hats go off to them big time for their Superior customer service.
The Pro’s
* Excellent interface
* Loads of features including the ticker which is great
* Easy menu navigating to get where you need too.
* Stunning picture: with my cable’s hd dvr box the hd channels would sometimes bug out and with the Moxi I do notice a more sharper picture.
* When Channel skipping it has the ability to skip commercials and actually skip them instead of Tivo where you can only skip 30 secs of commercials.
* Graphics on it are stunning. Works well with an HDTV. The television channel icons are nice looking.
*It’s nice to watch Netflix movies on the Moxi.
I don’t know why people give moxi a bad review. The box doesn’t freeze up on me. Price wise it’s high up there 799 for the box but no monthly fees ever. The Tivo’s website has the their xl hd dvr for 599.00 + 399.00 for the lifetime subscription… So the Moxi is more cost efficient in the end. Plus the lifetime subscription only covers the unit you buy any new ones you buy in the future.
One of the best investments that you can make. Loaded with a lot of features.
1 Star I’m glad everything I own isn’t this bad
Caveat: My Moxi box was provided to me by Charter Communications. Might not be the exact model here… but judging from the other bad reviews it is.
The review:
Let’s put it this way: if everything I owned was this horrible to use, I’d be swinging from my neck right now in my garage. It’s that bad. Really.
First, let’s talk about the general user experience. And by that I mean you’ll generally be sitting there waiting for the Moxi to do something. Hit a button, wait for it to response. Maybe I’ll just read a book.
Next, the program guide. Pretty just every other program guide in the world is a big grid. The X-axis is time, the Y-axis is channel. Why does every other program guide work that way? BECAUSE IT WORKS. Really, it works great. To the contrary, the Moxi program guide is apparently designed solely to make me angry and drive me to drink. As you peruse the channels, you’re only the next few shows for that single channel. If you’re ok with this, you’re an idiot.
That’s all I can muster…. keep looking for a better box.
3 Stars read this TIVO/MOXI comparison
I’m still exploring options and haven’t bought this or TIVO yet. However, in my searches I came across this detailed comparison: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22356098-Comcast-HD-DVR-is-there-any-substitute. It’s about 1/4 of the way down the page, posted by KenAF from Arlington, VA. He details the features and compares the pros and cons of MOXI to TIVO. Toward the end he points out that the two companies have different design philosophies and that TIVO is for people who record more than they watch, while MOXI is the opposite.
I would say it’s worth reading this before you buy.
