Thursday, May 6, 2004
ExtremeTech: "TiVo Competitor Leapfrogs Competition"
Posted by Kent Pribbernow in "NEWS" @ 07:35 AM
"On Monday, Digeo announced a cheaper Moxi Mate, an additional set-top which will allow cable operators to deploy the Moxi services to other devices around the home, without the need to ship an extra box. In addition, Digeo plans to announce that in late 2004 the company will also add expansion devices that will serve as additional storage, adding the ability to play back DVDs. A redesigned X-Stream chipset will also allow the company's next generation of set-tops to be built more cheaply, plus include greatly enhanced multimedia capabilities."
Tivo has become a name ingrained on the minds of consumers, and is used generically to describe PVR. Like Band-Aid and Kleenex, Tivo is now a brand identity used to describe a product category. However, with great new hardware like Moxi Mate, Tivo won't have this market to itself, that's for sure.
Off-topic: Believe it or not, I still don't own one of these PVR set top boxes. I don't watch enough television to really take much interest.
Tivo has become a name ingrained on the minds of consumers, and is used generically to describe PVR. Like Band-Aid and Kleenex, Tivo is now a brand identity used to describe a product category. However, with great new hardware like Moxi Mate, Tivo won't have this market to itself, that's for sure.
Off-topic: Believe it or not, I still don't own one of these PVR set top boxes. I don't watch enough television to really take much interest.
