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Digeo(R) Captures the Attention of CES Innovations Judges and Popular Science Editors with its Moxi(R) Multi-Room HD DMR.


Awarded Two Consumer Electronics Association "Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards" and a Popular Science "Best of What's New" Award

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Digeo([R]), Inc., makers of the Emmy([R])-award winning Moxi([R]) digital media recorder See DVR.  (DMR (Digital Media Receiver) See digital media hub. ), today announced that it has received multiple accolades for its Moxi Multi-Room HD DMR. Moxi HD DMRs, which have always been recognized for providing a superior consumer experience and for their outstanding user interface, were awarded two prestigious "Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards" by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen.

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) and a "Best of What's New Award" in the Home Entertainment category for 2007 by Popular Science magazine.

The CEA "Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards" were awarded in the Multi-Room Audio/Video category and in the Video Components category. CEA gives these awards to products that have raised the standard of consumer electronics innovation. The honorees were officially announced on November 13, 2007 at the Pre-CES New York Press Coordinates:

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 Preview and will be honored throughout CES in January 2008. Specifically, the Moxi Multi-Room HD DMR will be displayed among other honorees in the Innovations 2008 Showcase booth at CES.

The Moxi Multi-Room HD DMR was also honored in the Home Entertainment category of Popular Science's 2007 "Best of What's New Award" and will be featured in the December issue of Popular Science, the magazine's most-read issue, along with other breakthrough products and technologies that represent a "momentous mo·men·tous  
adj.
Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence: a momentous occasion; a momentous decision.
 leap" in their categories. The award is given by the magazine's editors, who look back on the thousands of products they reviewed in the last year and pick the top 100 stand-out innovations.

"For 20 years, Popular Science's Best of What's New awards honor the innovations that a make positive impact on life today and change our views of the future," says Mark Jannot, editor-in-chief of Popular Science. "PopSci's editors evaluate thousands of products each year to develop this thoughtful list, there's no higher accolade Popular Science can give."

"We have always been passionate about delivering the best digital media recording experience to our users," said Mike Fidler Michael Edward Fidler (born August 15, 1956 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 271 games in the National Hockey League between 1976 and 1982. , chief executive officer of Digeo, Inc. "These awards are very gratifying grat·i·fy  
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1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please.

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 for the Digeo team and help confirm we are on the right path to what has always been the ultimate award for us -- delighting consumers with Moxi experience."

Moxi products offer a full range of capabilities including: high-definition (HD) digital video recording (DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. ); digital media management of photography and music with Moxi Photos and Moxi Jukebox A storage device for multiple sets of CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. ; content sharing with the PC; live, interactive services such as news feeds with Moxi SuperTicker[TM]; Moxi Games; and remote web scheduling. Moxi Multi-Room HD DMR enables HD viewing and simultaneous recording of up to two shows and a single place to record and store favorite programs. With the companion Moxi Mate, users get all the Moxi functionality in a second room, and can even start watching a program or DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 in one room, and finish where they left off in another.

About CEA

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adj.
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted.



[Middle English, from Latin prae
 trade association promoting growth in the $148 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,200 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Where Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org.

About Popular Science

Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world's largest science and technology magazine; with a circulation of 1.3 million and 6.8 million monthly readers. Each month, Popular Science reports on the intersection of science and everyday life, with an eye toward what's new and why it matters. Popular Science is published by Bonnier Active Media, a subsidiary of Bonnier Corporation Bonnier Corporation is an American magazine publisher owned by the Swedish Bonnier Magazine Group. It was formed in March 2007 by the merger of World Publications, Time4 Media and The Parenting Group and publishes more than 40 special-interest magazines. .

About Best of What's New

Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. The winners -- the Best of What's New -- are awarded inclusion in the much-anticipated December issue of Popular Science, the most widely read issue of the year since the debut of Best of What's New in 1987. Best of What's New awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 10 categories: Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing computing - computer , Engineering, Gadgets, Green Tech, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Personal Health and Recreation.

About Digeo, Inc.

Digeo([R]), Inc. creates state-of-the-art home entertainment technologies, including digital media recorder (DMR) platforms and services. The company's mission is to enable the best consumer experience in high-definition entertainment for the connected home.

Digeo's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation.  -- the two-time Emmy([R]) Award-winning Moxi Media Center -- serves as a hub for whole-home distribution of digital entertainment and has been deployed in more than 400,000 homes by eight cable operators nationwide. In January 2007, the company announced a new line of Moxi-branded HD DMRs that will be sold directly to consumers through consumer-electronics retailers. The company also licenses its technology to third-party companies as the user interface, application or customer connection portal to drive their products or services. Backed primarily by Paul Allen's Vulcan, Inc., Digeo is based in Kirkland, Wash. For more information, please visit www.digeo.com. For a virtual demo of the Moxi Menu, please visit www.moxi.com.

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