Comments on: Scoop: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV tuner

By: Dean Kanellis

Dean Kanellis — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:34:36 +0000

Scoop: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV tuner http://t.co/ZUj6mcoU

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:16:40 +0000

This is why I won’t buy the Boxee Box, even though I’m tempted sometimes. When it comes time for a hardware refresh will they just abandon customers of the original box?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:32:58 +0000

No DVR and no cablecard will make it a waste of time, money, and engineering resources. It needs to have both or else it’s useless.

By: Boxee Forum DE

Boxee Forum DE — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:36:20 +0000

Hey,
very interesting…
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By: Miles Archer

Miles Archer — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:35:02 +0000

It snowed here in Western Wisconsin this (wed) morning. I lost the CBS channel as a result. I had to go into my utility closet and reposition my radio shack omni antenna. I tape everything off air with positioned old style VHS recorders, all of which still work fairly perfectly. Some of them are 15 years old. Getting tired of the fluxuation in signal density from digital. I don’t have cable, watch RedBox, Netflix and off-air instead. Costs me $15.99 a month for the Netflix. Occasionally I rent a Red Box. I have more than I have time to watch. And the price is right.

By: Janko Roettgers

Janko Roettgers — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:19:21 +0000

I wouldn’t write off the PC version just yet…

By: phrend

phrend — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:16:09 +0000

The “computer” versions of Boxee are basically dead – sounds like they might release another update because they said they would, but they are putting all of their efforts in to the Boxee Box code these days, which has pretty regular (at least quarterly) updates.

By: phrend

phrend — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:12:09 +0000

I would love to have ATSC tuner support added to my Boxee Box (hope the dongles aren’t a rip-off!)… but, as Scott mentioned, its usefulness would be very limited unless it could function as a DVR – and since the current platform model is read-only (you can’t write anything to external disks from your Boxee Box), that would be a big change… but I hope this turns out to be a worthwhile feature!

By: riceboyler

riceboyler — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:06:53 +0000

I wonder if it will work with the Network based tuners, like the HDHomeRun. If so, this may just make Boxee the winner for me.

By: Isaac Valenzuela

Isaac Valenzuela — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:07:30 +0000

Boxee is only reacting to the new Channel Master TV DVR. Check it out. http://www.channelmastertv.com/default.asp and
http://gizmodo.com/5839979/channel-master-tv-will-let-you-cut-the-cord-and-keep-the-sports