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This is an amazing device and really cool, but if you think this spells the end of cable/satellite in any way, you are seriously deluded. The vast majority of television users out there want "*click*.. on, watch" functionality. As soon as you have to start browsing or streaming or anything even remotely like that that involves more than three button presses, you've alienated 80% of television viewers out there. Christ, most mainstream television watchers are confused by modern remote controls.
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Mister Fister posted:I dont' see why you can't get that same sort of idiot proof system in these connected media players I'm sure you can, but to get it in that sort of state, out of the box, would relegate it to just being cable in another form. If if it's just cable with a shiny new paint job, that won't entice many people to ditch their existing cable. Satellite was able to draw a ton of people away from cable, because it genuinely offered a lot more content, but still had a very basic approach to how that content is selected and view. Boxee offers another step up in content, but to it's detriment there's a level of competency required to take full advantage of it that most viewers simply do not have. When most people take a minute to figure out how to change the input mode when they want to watch a DVD, streaming from a computer is the equivalent of asking them to terraform Mars with a shovel and a photo of Ben Vareen. Don't get me wrong, I think this sort of thing is the future, but the date when that happens is still nebulous and hazy, and very likely still far, far away. EDIT: Oh drat, and I just saw it's being made by D-Link. Yikes, I can't speak for everyone but I and everyone I've known who's had a D-Link router has had nothing but problems with them. Not that it matters anyway, as being in Canada means 90% of the content this thing can access is blocked to me. Bloody Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jul 7, 2010 |
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Man, I was just talking to someone about the Boxee Box earlier today, and after saying the name out loud for the first time..... Boxee Box is a really dumb name. Sounds like something a 5 year old would call a DVD player when they didn't know the actual name for it.
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Oct 29, 2010 06:07
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priznat posted:Was yours just stuck in with misc PC stuff too? I was honestly ready to give up when I saw this black box with a hint of green and went "HMM!" I love when you come across some hidden little thing when your browsing around a big box store. I was just in a Best Buy a month ago when I was walking along: "drat, they've got no copies of StarcrHELLLLOOOOOO, what's this!? The full series box set of Kids in The Hall.... right net the the full box set of Monty Python's Flying Circus?!? SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!"
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Nov 11, 2010 08:14
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I think I might be ready finally to get a Boxee. I mainly want to use it for Netflix and various web video streaming sites (and I want to dump my XBox Live Gold subscription I'm paying for Netflix right now). What's performance like for 1080p Netflix video? Any stutters or hitches, or can I expect the same performance I get from my 360? Same with web vids, do they play pretty much as well as I'd expect them to play on my desktop browser?
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Aug 16, 2011 04:46
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Cool, I was just curious because I had watched a review from Tested, which was admittedly the launch firmware, and the Boxee almost seemed like it was struggling to display the UI smoothly, let alone videos.
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Aug 16, 2011 06:09
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Has there been any word if that's something they want to improve in the future, or do they just take a "whatever, that's the way it is" attitude?
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Aug 16, 2011 06:19
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I think I should be okay..... *cough* 100mbs *cough*.
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Aug 16, 2011 18:26
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VERTiG0 posted:I've never had a problem playing videos streamed off of a website (though I do hate the loving ads they throw in there every so often, yet still better than paying for cable). Good to hear, I'm a fellow Canuck as well.
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Aug 16, 2011 23:43
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So I went and got a box the other day, and so far I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Anyone know if you can use a wireless mouse with the box, or will it only work with wired? Or, are there any other remotes out there, possibly something like the Roku remote with the gyroscope in it? Using the standard remote when there's a pointing cursor on screen is annoying as hell.
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Aug 18, 2011 04:55
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I tried the wireless mouse thing, and it was less than promising. It worked in the browser, but the scroll wheel didn't work, and if I used the keypad, it would steal focus from the mouse, and then mouse clicks wouldn't work until I hit one the directional buttons on the face of the remote.
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Aug 19, 2011 01:53
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Prefect Six posted:How well are sports supported on this thing? If my cable provider gives me ESPN 360 does it support that? I know it probably won't have regular ESPN content, but if it still has 360 that'd be nice. Everything the Boxee does is web-based. So if there's a website where you login and can watch ESPN 360, or there's specifically a Boxee app that lets you watch ESPN 360, then you'll be fine. Your cable provider doesn't really enter into the equation.
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Sep 1, 2011 06:01
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Looks like Giant Bomb has their new app out. It's a bit buggy in that it works as it should right off the bat, but if you try and link your Whiskey account, it then bugs out and doesn't display any content. If you simply restart the app, it works again, but your account is still unlinked so you just get SD content. Dave Snider has mentioned they're aware of the bug and have already submitted a fix. Still though, I nice change from their old app which was really clumsy.
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Sep 1, 2011 18:52
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Maybe the battery died.
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Sep 8, 2011 03:10
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priznat posted:So tired of the poo poo selection on netflix canada While a lot better, Netflix US is not exactly chock full of amazing programming either.
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Sep 20, 2011 20:58
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VERTiG0 posted:Do you have more than 10 terabytes of content because goddamn Yeah, I'm finding it hard to fault the Boxee when your trying to feed more data than a typical television network has in their digital archives into a 5x5 box.
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Nov 30, 2011 02:55
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Cornjob posted:My BB is accessing several networked drives from my PC flawlessly. However, two drives are asking for a username and password when i try to access them. Is it maybe trying to access those drives through the Guest account, which may be set up with a user/pass?
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Boxee is known for choking on terrible music.
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