CES Begins: Boxee Box by D-Link and More

[DogHouseDub]

Boxee beta now available to all

The Boxee beta has now been released for Mac. Gobble it up:

http://www.boxee.tv/download

 

[Xibalba]

Boxee is impressive...

The Boxee beta software is much easier to use than the alpha. It does an amazing job of finding media files on any accessible disk and assigning them the proper name, cover art, etc. The interface is very clean and easy for novices to navigate (relative to the hidden menus of the alpha). You'll be impressed.

AGREE.

Boxee is quite an impressive media software package. I previously have been using XBMC for the past 6 years both on my original xbox hardware and also an AppleTV and over the past 6 months have only been running Boxee on my AppleTV. Boxee Alpha does run a little slower than XBMC on the aTV but I mostly am serving media from my 4TB windows home server and both work well over my home network. Using the internet-based apps is when Boxee Alpha on the aTV slows down.

Boxee Beta is very impressive even though I have only been using it for the past 3 weeks on my mac mini - leaps and bounds improvements from the alpha. With the exception of live sports, Boxee Beta will allow me to cut even more cable channels. Apple is said to be in the works of distributing TV content as well - I cannot wait for the day that TV media can be purchased a la carte instead of the price-gouging experience that cableTV is now.

I wish the aTV would adopt a similar interface to Boxee and the Boxee remote is genius - I am not a fan of the design of the Boxee Box but with RF control, the box can (and will) be placed out of sight in my home theater.

 

[Xibalba]

Actually, their white plastic cases would be quite noticeable against the black cases of all the other gear.

actually, the aTV and mac mini have aluminum cases with white only on the top - from the front and side you see a clean aluminum finish. but true, still would not blend if your other gear is black.

i have an AppleTV fixed behind my wall-mounted LCD TV in our bedroom above the fireplace and point the remote towards a mirror hung on the opposite wall - works perfectly and is completely out of sight. there are no visible wires and my wife is happy that no "electronic product" is sitting on the fireplace mantle.

the boxee box is so small that regardless of it's very awkward shape, would fit well in most entertainment centers or AV racks. or, as others have also pointed out, completely hidden from view.

 

[kate-willbury]

Ditto this. i want Plex.

plex is like 10x slower than boxee. just got rid of plex off my macbook and am now running the boxee beta. speed difference in the UI's is like light and day. definitely not going back.

 

[kate-willbury]

I had an interest in a Boxee box, until I found out that apparently it doesn't have Hulu (because of Hulu, NOT Boxee.)

I had thought it would be a nice alternative for our guest room which has internet access but no cable outlet. I also have an Apple TV in our living room (where I have cable), but the problem with solely having an Apple TV and no cable is the availability of content. With Hulu I would have been able to watch a wide array of programming at no monetary cost.

An Apple TV is great for all the digital media that you own, but not for finding the random thing to entertain you for 30 minutes or an hour.

um what? yes it does have hulu.