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The question is, why should I buy one of these instead of a TiVo? And the answer is, at the moment, you probably shouldn't.

So unless you totally hate TiVo, we can't really recommend you go with a Moxi instead. That being said, if you are down to choosing between your provider's DVR and a Moxi, there is no contest, Moxi all the way.

If you can get past the high price of entry, the Moxi HD DVR's bevy of network and Internet-enhanced features--and its capability of recording three programs at once--make it a potentially worthwhile TiVo competitor.

It’s not that the Moxi is a bad DVR. Hell, it kicks the crap out of nearly every cable or satellite DVR system, but it fails to live up to the claims that it’s better than TiVo.

We’ve used the Motorola boxes with Comcast software and Verizon FiOS software, TiVo Series 2, Series 3, and Series 4 Premiere, Windows Media Center, and a few other DVRs. That said, we have to say that the Moxi 3-Tuner HD DVR just may be our favorite. We recommend it.