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Why I Love My PlayStation3: Video « — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:11:38 +0000

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Weekend Poll: Who Is Gonna Win the Battle of the Boxes?: Video « — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:02:59 +0000

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By: carterjay

carterjay — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:16:57 +0000

What is the big deal with which box you do or don’t buy- these are cheap consumer electronics, which do not do everything, so chances are if you want everything available on the net you’ll buy more than one box- your hdtv does have more than one HDMI port right? If you’re replacing an $80/mo. cable subscription then you can afford almost every IPTV box out there over the course of just one year. However if you really want everything, then simply put up an HTPC system and stop complaining. BTW I own 2 Roku, 2 Xbox, 1 Viewsonic, 2 WD, 4 Kodak and 1 Zinwell settop boxes. They all do something different and all do somethings the same. Oh yeah and I own 3 net connected Blu-ray players and 2 HTPCs for 5 tvs. I don’t subscribe to premium cable or satellite services

By: Ivo Jimenez

Ivo Jimenez — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:45:30 +0000

The only thing that is stopping me for pre-ordering one is that besides having a Home Media Center I’d also like to have a light-weight subversion and file sharing server (sshfs or alike). Do you know if it’s possible? Would that be an overkill for the Box? What about downloading torrents permanently?

Also, do you know if a RAID-configured drive can be attached to it?

Cheers!

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By: Why I’m Not Buying A Boxee Box

Why I’m Not Buying A Boxee Box — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:31:17 +0000

[...] Yesterday, Janko wrote up all the reasons why he has already pre-ordered a Boxee Box. And today, I’m going to tell you why I think it’s a sucker’s [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:01:43 +0000

The Boxee Box is butt ugly and belongs in a modern art museum, it’s a nice NAS player but you can get a media player for half the price(Sony, ASUS, WD, etc).

By: George Hines

George Hines — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:53:35 +0000

Yes, the Boxee box is interesting but all of them (Apple, Google) share a common problem. If you are going to put a box in your media center, no one solution from these vendors will do it all (now or possibly ever). PCs (or the Mac Mini) make an outstanding do it all solution that really isn’t that hard to setup. Want a wireless keyboard and a nice remote? No problem!

As a previous commenter pointed out, WMC (with Windows 7 Home Premium), does quite a bit right out of the box. When you add a BluRay player and dual ATSC tuner, you have a solution that is easy to use and simplifies your living room. It’s not perfect, but neither are the alternatives.

http://www.cuttingthebills.com/2010/04/do-it-yourself-do-it-all-media-pc-for.html

By: Bowlieweekender

Bowlieweekender — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:15:37 +0000

I too am on the pre-order list for the Boxee Box. I don’t have cable or satellite service, just a 25Mb fiber interwebs connection which suits the Boxee just fine.