Comments on: Confirmed: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV dongle

By: mitime

mitime — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:52:01 +0000

will the boxee box live tv dongle work with a jailbroken first gen apple tv with boxee installed?

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:12:04 +0000

Anyone who says “big deal, just plug it into your TV that already has a TV tuner. You’re forgetting 2 things.. 1. Of course I have a TV tuner in my TV but I also have a 5.1 home theater system. Unfortunately, my Denon AVR-2807 receiver doesn’t have a ASTC/QAM Tuner. So if I want to have good sound I need a standalone TV tuner with an HDMI or optical output. 2. The second thing you’re forgetting is that not only is sound terrible on a flat-screen TV but the Menu systems are usually horrible. That alone is enough to get anyone to pull that coax cable out of the back of their TV and put it in a boxee. I’m sure the Boxee interface will be much better!

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:09:47 +0000

You’re forgetting 2 things.. 1. Of course I have a TV tuner in my TV but I also have a 5.1 home theater system. Unfortunately, my Denon AVR-2807 receiver doesn’t have a ASTC/QAM Tuner. So if I want to have good sound I need a standalone TV tuner with an HDMI or optical output. 2. The second thing you’re forgetting is that not only is sound terrible on a flat-screen TV but the Menu systems are usually horrible. That alone is enough to get anyone to pull that coax cable out of the back of their TV and put it in a boxee. I’m sure the Boxee interface will be much better!

By: Mike E.

Mike E. — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:34:02 +0000

Only reason I can think of is that your TV does not have an NTSC tuner. Like mine. Had this been around a few months ago, I might have gone with this instead of an HTPC.

By: Farid Kassam

Farid Kassam — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:46:00 +0000

Is it time to tell our overpriced cable provider to take a hike? Confirmed: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV dongle http://t.co/QLD3KCLj

By: Chris Valenti

Chris Valenti — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:40:47 +0000

Confirmed: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV dongle http://t.co/ZuyMH3wh

By: GeekEvangelist

GeekEvangelist — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:15:13 +0000

RT @gigaom: Confirmed: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV dongle http://t.co/CHFHEEEG

By: Michael Hill

Michael Hill — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:31:29 +0000

Just pre-ordered the dongle. The Pre-order links to an esellerate.com link which processes the order and the confirmation email regarding purchase is from Hauppage it appears to be an OEM device probably similar to existing hardware from Hauppage but the code in the device handshakes with the Boxee Box. An enterprising programmer (something I’m so not!) could probably hack but probably not easily as I understand the original goal for the Boxee Box was to encourage hacking but agreements with the big content providers required the Boxee developers to lock down the device. Anyway I can confirm the device is from Hauppage based on the pre-order paper trail. Hope this information is helpful.

By: Jaime Rubin

Jaime Rubin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:25:21 +0000

Confirmed: The Boxee Box is getting a live TV dongle http://t.co/rvKmRli0

By: Adeline Chua

Adeline Chua — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:57:21 +0000

Boxee’s live TV dongle – an alternative to overpriced cable TV???? http://t.co/GKCvEMtw