Moxi was a line of high-definition

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s produced by Moxi Digital Digeo and

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. Moxi was originally released only to cable operators, but in December 2008 it was released as a retail product. Moxi was removed from the market in November 2011. The former retail product, the Moxi HD DVR, provided a high-definition user interface with support for either two or three CableCARD TV tuners. Arris also offered a companion appliance, the Moxi Mate, which could stream live or recorded TV from a Moxi HD DVR.

History

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co-founder

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, with headquarters in

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. In the same year, Rearden Steel was started by Steve Perlman, founder of

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, under a veil of secrecy. In 2000, Rearden Steel was renamed to Moxi Digital while unveiling a line of media centers designed to bridge the gap between

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and televisions. Digeo, Inc. purchased Moxi Digital in 2002. Digeo kept its own name but adopted ''Moxi'' as its product family name. Its Palo Alto offices and most of Moxi Digital's staff were kept. Digeo also adopted most of the Moxi hardware (originally focused on satellite consumer electronics), as well as some of the Linux extensions, which were merged into Digeo's own Linux-based infrastructure and cable-specific hardware with Digeo's

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award-winning user interface, known as Moxi Menu. On September 22, 2009, the assets of Digeo, Inc. were purchased by the

. Arris announced it would continue to develop and market the Moxi product line to both retail customers and cable operators.

Retail DVR products

The Moxi HD DVR was a high-definition

(DVR) with both three-tuner and two-tuner models available, though the two-tuner model was produced only briefly before being updated. It was designed for use with

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and supported multi-stream

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s, as well as channel scanning for unencrypted channels. Multi-room viewing was supported using a small (and less expensive) companion device called a Moxi Mate. The Moxi product line was released to retail in December 2008 after many years of being available only to cable operators. From 2009, Arris offered multi-room packages. Retail sales were suspended early in 2012.

DVR hardware

The Moxi HD DVR was a Broadcom BCM7400-based set-top box designed to work with a Multi-stream CableCARD. Moxi features were added to the Arris Moxi Gateway and Moxi Player, for sale to cable companies only. The hardware features two or three HD tuners, allowing users to record two or three shows at the same time, depending on the model; 500 GB storage, which equates to 75 hours of 1080 HD recording or 300 hours of SD (480i) recording; and

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surround sound. The Moxi HD DVR was compatible with

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external hard drives certified for DVR use. External drives allowed users to extend their hard drive space. Drives up to 6.5TB were supported. Moxi HD DVRs supported 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p 24 and 30 Hz TV resolutions.

Moxi Mate hardware

The Moxi Mate was the multi-room extender for the Moxi HD DVR released in August 2009. It was a set-top box that connects with the Moxi HD DVR over a home network to let users watch TV in other rooms. The Moxi Mate can could play media files available from the home network or the Internet using the same interface as the HD DVR.

Awards

Emmy Awards

2005 Advanced Media Technology Emmy

The Moxi Media Center was recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms.

2004 Best TV User Interface

Digeo, Inc. was awarded an Advanced Media Technology Emmy for its Moxi Media Center User Interface called the Moxi Menu.

References

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External links

Official Moxi web site

Official Digeo web site

SPL Moxi FAQ: A comprehensive guide to Moxi DVR's by an independent user

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