You start typing, the Boxee Box starts finding. See something you love? Recommend it to your friends on those networks and include a link so they can immediately check it out too.
Not an issue Setting up your Boxee Box is a breeze. Connect the power, connect your TV and hit power. The Boxee Box will walk you through the rest — from creating an account to setting up your network to getting the most out of your HDTV. Actual product appearance may differ from the image displayed on this page. Product Awards. Video Home Vision Testsieger.
SFT Testsieger. Basically, if there's a video format or video-playing website out there, the Boxee Box will most likely play it, and if it doesn't, it almost certainly will soon. The notable exception to this are files with embedded Digital Rights Management, such as downloaded movies purchased from most online stores. From an in-built applications viewpoint, Boxee will aggressively seek out video files on the local network for playback and then seek out relevant cover art and synopsis information for each file it finds.
It's also possible to synchronise your social media accounts with your Boxee Box, allowing you to view videos recommended from most feeds directly on the Boxee itself.
If you don't like the remote control for whatever reason, it's also possible to download free remote control applications for iOS or Android smartphones, using the touchscreen to run the full Boxee experience wirelessly. The Boxee software will download movie posters and descriptions automatically Credit: D-Link. The Boxee interface, even on first install, is very slick and easy to manage. Once we'd sorted out our network connection, the Box noticed that a newer version of Boxee was available, and set to downloading it.
This was slightly less refined than much of the rest of the install, with the word "CALC" displayed in plain type, followed by a countdown that froze a few times while downloading. As it counted down, it became apparent that the text should be giving us an approximate time to download, but for whatever reason, it didn't have a large enough text box, telling us instead that it would take "7 mi Once that was done, we set up a Boxee account, which requires an email address you can verify from.
This allows you to send RSS feeds of particular videos direct to your Boxee, as well as add your social-networking accounts so that the videos your friends send through can be viewed.
Whether those videos are worth watching depends on the type of friends you've got — the Boxee Box can't do everything. Once you've verified your account, the final step involves deciding on the primary way you'll use the Boxee Box.
The choice is between choosing "mostly stuff from the web", "mostly my own files" or "I'm not sure", and it's possible to change this post-install; it primarily determines the way the main screen will come up at boot time.
The Boxee interface is easily one of the best on the market. The comparison with the Apple TV interface is an inevitable one, but the ability for Boxee to add applications including web browsing give it a boost over Apple's interface. Those of an adventurous mind should note that it is possible to hack the Apple TV to run Boxee, if you're keen. From a local network media playback perspective, things were mostly positive with the Boxee Box.
It quickly found our network shares and shared video, and grabbed synopses for the files it recognised. This included iTunes movies whose DRM the Boxee doesn't support, and there's no way to flag those files short of explicitly telling the Boxee not to index directories that contain them.
It's also possible to directly navigate shared directories, but that way misses out on the ability to browse by cover art. Long-term iTunes users are probably aware that it's not always the most accurate when it comes to picking covers and details, and this is a problem that plagues the Boxee as well.
One of the family videos on our network that the Boxee Box picked up of kids in the bathtub was identified with the following description, based on Boxee's best guess from the file title:. The other noticeable chink in the Boxee Box's playback armour is that it pauses for about 10 seconds before playing back any file, irrespective of file size or codec. Compared to some cheaper players that take only a second or two to begin decoding, this is a little irritating.
Boxee has since moved on from both products, putting development on both in a sort of holding pattern where the company will address issues but will no longer provide product updates. The dual tuner setup also allows it to record two channels at once. This is a stark departure from the traditional DVR that utilizes local storage to hold recordings.
The Boxee TV hits a major retailer in November, but the company is systematically rolling out access to the No Limits DVR to better manage scaling and customer support. Boxee TV is not a Boxee Box replacement.
To the company, they are different products aimed at different demographics.
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