Comments on: The Problem With the Boxee Box http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/ Sat, 26 May 2012 10:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Why I’m Not Buying A Boxee Box http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478119 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:31:34 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478119 [...] application to deliver any web video to the TV set; the problem is that they can build those apps whether they own the content or not. Now that it’s a hardware play, Boxee can’t expect to remain an open platform and not [...]

]]> By: Jason Bly http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478118 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:08:42 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478118 But why does that matter. There are thousands of different hardware, OS’s, applications that can access and view Hulu and other online video content legally without asking for permission. What makes Boxee Box any different. Boxee or any streaming platform should not have to worry about permission if it’s available publicly through the internet.

I don’t see the basic difference between what software or hardware I choose to watch my content through. It’s whining by the industry like this that make me want to not support places like Hulu.

]]> By: Gill http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478117 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:20:53 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478117 this situation reminds me of the slingbox. its a device that lets you watch your cable tv anywhere in the world with your laptop. so how is that any different than what boxee is doing?

]]> By: Jon Boston http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478116 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:12:31 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478116 Boxee, is simply trying to make some money as legally as the gray area of “digital information overload” permits. Is it premature to try and make a piece of hardware that can navigate the chaos and make money at the same time without getting caught up in a legal quagmire? Maybe, maybe not. But if they don’t do it someone else will. Whoever can pull it off will be very rich.
But then,
I’m just a regular guy who works at Kinko’s what do I know?

]]> By: The Boxee Box Will Stream 1080p, Play Hulu Videos http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478115 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:34:15 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478115 [...] Boxee and Hulu have a bit of a history together. Hulu cut off access to its site for Boxee users early on, which was met by a work-around by Boxee, which in turn was disabled by Hulu soon after. Boxee has been using a browser to access Hulu ever since, and the video site has kept quiet about this in recent months. One has to wonder whether adding Hulu playback capability to a set-top box will reignite the feud. [...]

]]> By: In 2010, Expect TV Everywhere, a Boxee Bust, and OTT Video http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478114 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:32:08 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478114 [...] to justify buying yet another standalone box. And that’s not even mentioning Boxee’s bigger problem, which is convincing programmers and cable companies that it isn’t the enemy. Boxee has made [...]

]]> By: Boxee’s Open Attempt to Crack the Closed World of Content – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478113 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:05:21 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478113 [...] it must find ways to woo content partners. And it must handle said content partners with care. As Ryan over at NewTeeVee wrote: “If Boxee simply ports the software and all the channels that it and others have created [...]

]]> By: Ashu Joshi http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478112 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:13 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478112 I love Boxee but calling the TV Set “just a monitor” is probably not the right thing. I am heavily involved in the STB business and understand that one of the largest threats to this business is Connected TV Sets.

Also stating the obvious – the interaction model with a TV vs. a Laptop Screen vs. a Smartphone is distinctly different which to a varying degree influence both the software and hardware platforms.

]]> By: timekeeper http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478111 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:42:38 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478111 Do you think you can get Boxee running on a Broadcom 7405 platform?

]]> By: charbax http://gigaom.com/video/the-problem-with-the-boxee-box/#comment-478110 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:10:29 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=35844#comment-478110 ARM based menu systems can be based on Android and run just fine. When Boxee PCs are 200 dollars, then ARM based set-top-boxes can be closer to 50 dollars than current 100 dollars.

Power consumption for ARM Android based solutions is still less than 10 times less than Intel X86 Boxee.

99.9% of all existing Cable/Satellite set-top-boxes are using ARM based platforms with DSP hardware acceleration already. It’s just a question of time before all the new set-top-boxes come with an Ethernet/WiFi and Android user interfaces optimized for HDTVs, wireless keyboard/mice and remote controls.

I’ve been using Archos PMPs on my HDTV for more than a year in 720p streaming Youtube in 720p HD, now also playing back MKV 720p. That Archos costs 249 dollars and doubles as a portable media player with its own WVGA screen.

Vunow does a 720p box for less than 100 dollars already, I filmed it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgSNPELT3Pk

It’s only a matter of time till all Cable/Satellite boxes also support Youtube HD streaming and Android user interfaces for apps that show Hulu HD, other VOD, that do all media streaming functionalities.

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