New Set-Top Boxes: Bridging the PC/TV Divide

Previously available only through a few cable providers, Digeo's Moxi multiroom DVR system will be sold directly to consumers for the first time in 2008, the company says, although the price hasn't yet been set. The main Moxi DVR box sits in your living room on or near the TV set. You plug your CableCard directly into the back of the Moxi DVR, which then pipes video to the TV. The box also supports HD, plays DVDs, and contains a large hard drive for video storage. The Moxi DVR sends video (and music and photos) via your existing cable wires to a series of smaller Moxi extender boxes near the other TVs in your home. For Internet video, Moxi users don't yet have access to the whole Web, but can access video from a select batch of reliable, TV-ready video sites.