vip1853

Motorola's new IPTV box features plug-and-play upgrade to DVR

by 

Richard Lawler

06.29.2011

While it had a streaming IP box for Comcast and and gateway for Time Warner to show off at the US cable show, in the UK Motorola's newest set-top box is this VIP1853. Its trick feature is an easy access hard drive port that lets it add a hard drive (or upgrade to a larger one) with the click of a button. It seems like a nice trick for pay-TV operators to roll out new boxes for low prices when it becomes available in Q3, but we'd probably prefer the ability to add our own storage (at sizes greater than the max 500GB allowed here) via USB or eSATA.