Moxi Comes Home

Speaking of Tivo, Moxi announced a big deal yesterday that will have its software incorporated into Scientific Atlanta’s set-top cable boxes. Moxi records your favorite TV shows like a Tivo, but it can also play DVDs and MP3s, stream to other TVs in the house, has Firewire and USB ports for adding extra storage space and connecting to peripherals, and can connect to a local area network. It sounds great, and I’m dying to get my hands on one, but I wonder whether something that does so much can be priced low enough that people will actually consider buying one. It took a big drop in the price of DVD players before they became a must-have. EMediaLive has a piece about Moxi here, and a pretty decent analysis of Moxi’s prospects can be found here.