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Then we bought a Roku, which seemed like a pretty good solution-until the Boxee came in. That worked OK, too, but it moved the PS3 to the room where we watched TV more and took it away from the room where we played games more. We used a PlayStation 3 as a media center for a while.

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We discussed all the options of hardware and software for building our own, but never got very far on the actual building part. To give this review context, my household's HTPC history is short on booming successes.

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The Boxee Box got a bit of bad press last week since the latest firmware update caused problems with surround sound.

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In full disclosure, the company was kind enough to send me one for review, but as anyone who has seen me in the last month can tell you, I've been a genuine fan since we first plugged it in. It's a tiny, black almost-cube that comes pre-installed with Boxee.

#The boxee box by d link review install#

You can go download the Boxee software and install it on your own hardware, or you can purchase the Boxee Box by D-Link, made by D-Link. It started life as a fork of the open source XBMC software, which was created for first-gen Xbox consoles. There are tons of options, both in the software and hardware parts, for building your own from scratch. You wouldn't want to have to reboot your cable box as often as you do a Windows machine, would you? Linux is known for being stable over long periods of time. Linux-based HTPC (home theater PC) systems have been proliferating, and with good reason. The Boxee Box, available since November 2010 with firmware recently upated to 1.1, is a winning compromise that makes a Linux-based HTPC easy enough for the least technical user. The manufacturer's suggested retail price is still undetermined.

The Boxee Box will be available through D-Link's network of etail and retail outlets in the first half of 2010. The box has 2 USB for expansion and can quickly connect to a home network using both Wi-Fi (802.11n) and wired ethernet. In addition to its many software features, The Boxee Box by D-Link makes it easy for consumers to connect the device via HDMI, SPDIF, RCA Audio.

Additionally, Boxee's core social features make it easy for friends to discover new content from each other through social networks like Facebook, Twitter and more. The Boxee Box by D-Link, which has already won a Best of Innovations award from the Computer Electronics Association, reinterprets what TV should be, delivering all the movies, TV shows, music and photos from a user's computer, home network and Internet to their HDTV with no PC needed. 'D-Link has great reach and together we are able to offer consumers an attractive inexpensive solution to bring the Boxee experience directly onto the TV.' 'We are happy to be working with D-Link as a hardware partner because we share the same vision for creating solutions to help anyone get the most out of technology,' said Andrew Kippen, vice president of marketing for Boxee. 'We can't wait to bring this product to market and are looking forward to demonstrate the Boxee Box by D-Link at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in January.'

Additionally we're bringing a new level of social interaction to the living room,' said Daniel Kelley, senior director of marketing, D-Link Systems, Inc. 'By pairing Boxee's innovative social entertainment platform with D-Link's technology we're able to create a solution that introduces people to what TV should be. With the Boxee Box™ by D-Link®, the two companies have created the easiest way to bring this experience into the living room, allowing people to watch tens of thousands of movies & TV Shows, organize and play their favorite home movies and photos, and play great music from their home network or from Internet sources like Pandora. In front of a packed house at their Boxee Beta Unveiling event in Brooklyn this evening, Boxee revealed that D-Link has been named first choice as the hardware partner to release a Boxee branded device for the living room.īoxee is the best way to enjoy content from the Internet or a computer on a TV screen. Press Release: D-Link/Boxee Partnership Statement