![]() To the tech-savvy uber geek, the Boxee Box is one of the best media players on the market today. There are a lot of features in this little awkwardly shaped box, but most of them feel like they’re saying “just wait until the next version when we’ve fixed all these bugs!” Conclusion Hulu and Netflix have big plans for our country, but for now you just stare at those icons – or the space where those icons would be – sadly.īoxee Box does support VPNs, but if you’re at that kind of level (essentially spoofing the internet into thinking you’re in America) and have a US credit card, then you’re probably the kind of person who just plugs their notebook into the PC via HDMI anyway. Here in Australia we don’t currently have access to the full range of streaming video services that the US offers. The nifty remote integrates a QWERTY keyboard. The Play/Pause button does not mean Play/Pause in all apps – again, YouTube uses the centre ‘enter’ button to play and pause videos. ![]() Most irritatingly of all, there’s no Boxee-enforced standard for how the buttons on the remote are implemented. Some apps drop you back to an ugly web browser interface for an instant before the app’s nice TV-friendly skin kicks in. For instance, every time we used the YouTube “app”, it would download “the latest version”. The software is dynamic, by which I mean it updates itself, and bits of itself, constantly over the internet. That best sums up the Boxee user experience. So you can suck movies off a PC in another room. There are two USB ports into which you can plug an external hard drive (there’s no internal storage) or thumbdrive, and the box has both Ethernet and WiFi built in. The box itself offers an HDMI output with 1080p output and support for pretty much any media format you can think of. It provides a clean, relatively straightforward interface, an excellent little remote with a miniaturised keyboard, and the ability to pipe the internet’s most popular streaming services – YouTube, Netflix, Hulu and more – direct to your TV without all that tedious mucking around in Windows. The Boxee Box is a hardware implementation of a free media server software package called Boxee. But does Boxee Box still really suit the uber-geek more than the mum and dad? Features Now, DLink has backed a one-time maverick project to bring this kind of functionality to the ordinary home user. It is currently available with an MSRP of $49.99.For years, hardcore media-streamer PC hacker tinkerer types have scoffed at Apple TV’s limited feature set and built themselves Linux-based miniPCs that get a massive range of media formats to your TV at full 1080p. The Boxee Remote Control can also be used as an additional remote for the Boxee Box by D-Link. Consumers can literally kick back, relax and control their SmartTV experience from their couch.” “For Boxee software users, this remote makes all the difference between a PC experience and one that feels like watching TV. We’re excited to bring it to all of the Boxee users who’ve built customized home media centers and want to get even more out of their Boxee software,” said Andrew Kippen, vice president of marketing, Boxee. “The Boxee Remote Control was one of the most talked about advances with the Boxee Box by D-Link. Unlike infrared TV remotes, the Boxee Remote Control uses RF signals via an included nano-sized USB adapter. Allowing users to enjoy and share their favorite video-on-demand service through their social networks, the Boxee Remote Control lets anyone quickly and easily input URLs and account information for their favorite websites. ![]() “We are thrilled to offer this complementary tool to consumers already using Boxee’s software on their home computers – enabling people to more easily search, browse and type from the couch.”įeaturing double-sided controls with a built-in QWERTY keyboard and simple browsing interface, the Boxee Remote Control enables access to the search and social capabilities of the Boxee software on PC or Mac. “The Boxee Remote Control is ideal for home theater enthusiasts who have customized their home entertainment environment with a specialized PC or Mac media center, but still want the Boxee Box’s unique viewing experience on their TV,” said Daniel Kelley, D-Link’s associate vice president of consumer marketing, North America. The Boxee Remote Control features a two-sided design with a full QWERTY keypad that works with Boxee software. D-Link has introduced the Boxee Remote Control, giving Boxee users on PC and Mac the option of a remote previously only found with the Boxee Box by D-Link.
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