Hands-on with Motorola DCX series MPEG-4 cable STB

We got a chance to touch Motorola's sexy new 250GB DCX series MPEG-4 / Dolby Digital Plus / MoCa / OCAP cable STB tonight. You already know the important information so we'll get you to the in the wild pics without much ado other than a quick recap of what ports the promo unit was sporting on its "not available for photographs" backside: HDMI, USB, eSATA, component, digital audio out (S/PDIF and coax), 1394, ethernet, M-Card.

Gallery: Motorola DCX Series Hands-on

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

[austin @ Jan 7th 2008 2:37AM]

comcast?

[Jon Graft @ Jan 7th 2008 3:11PM]

Anyone know if Comcast will be getting these? Would look SO much better than the fugly gray metal box we have sitting under the TV. Doesn't even have HDMI. :-(

[Set-Top-box @ Feb 26th 2008 2:20AM]

We are a professional designer and Manufacturer of Set Top box , LCD-TV and GPS.

If you are interested in our products, please feel free to contact us:

Contact Person : Wang Jian

Mailbox: [e-mail]

MSN:[e-mail]

skype:wang.jian.cn

QQ:396502300

Hotline:[phone]

You can also visit our website: http://www.iyinhe.com

[johnnyloops @ Jan 7th 2008 3:23AM]

Too bad Time Warner will disable the USB, eSATA, 1394, and ethernet, and then tack on a painfully slow GUI with ads on every page... can't wait.

[booticon @ Jan 7th 2008 8:50AM]

Actually, Moto disables these at the factory before they ship them out to MSOs (the ethernet being for the built-in cable modem).

The GUI on the other hand, is all Time Warner.

[Ben @ Jan 7th 2008 3:31AM]

I look forward to Time Warner's rollout of these in 2013.

[Crass @ Jan 7th 2008 8:49AM]

Sucks to be you! I get mine this summer! Cogeco FTW!

[motech @ Jan 7th 2008 9:22AM]

what i want to know is if it will have an IR Control Port (or RS232 - or both!)

do cable companies not realize the need for a high end box ?

[Chris @ Jan 9th 2008 3:53PM]

These are already out-

I went over to my uncle's house in Walnut Creek, California to hook up their first HDTV and I was stuck to see a very stylish, low profile, black DVR!

This was before Christmas!

The remote was the same silver one though.

Oh, the clock was smaller than the silver box, and the numbers where white.

[Set-Top-box @ Feb 26th 2008 2:26AM]

We are a professional designer and Manufacturer of Set Top box , LCD-TV and GPS.

If you are interested in our products, please feel free to contact us:

Contact Person : Wang Jian

Mailbox: [e-mail]

MSN:[e-mail]

skype:wang.jian.cn

QQ:396502300

You can also visit our website: http://www.iyinhe.com