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Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by newobj on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @06:51PM (#1892243)
I find it fairly sheisty that Boxee Box does not support Netflix. Or rather that they are ambiguous about its support on Boxee Box. It's displayed plain as day on the introductory video on boxee.tv. There's been a lot of "we can't say anything until launch day" kind of stuff. Well, it's launch day and as far as I know there's no Netflix on Boxee Box, so just say it. I came within an inch of buying this thing until I read the fine print and realized that Netflix is only available on PC and Mac versions of Boxee due to use of Silverlight.

Other than, great software. If it ran Netflix and Hulu+ on the Box, it would be a no brainer for purcahse. But as it is, without Netflix, I have to wonder if Apple TV2 is the right way to go, esp. at 50% the price.

At this point I just assume Hulu+ won't work on anything. It barely works on our iPad, and that's a supported platform.

Hopefully Roku will support Hulu+ before the end of the year.

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Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by newobj on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @07:01PM (#1892270)
Sorry if this post was overly negative. This is actually a really exciting time for cord cutters. I think we're finally at the threshold of being able to buy a black box that just works and gives me pretty much everything I would reasonably need on my TV without having to pay a $80/month life tax to Cox/Comcast/TW/etc. It's been a long time coming.
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Re:Dear Mom and Dad ... by a_m_kelly on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @09:30PM (#1892629)
well, it looks like the Boxee Box _should_ be supporting Netflix "by the end of the year" and they appear to be in talks about Hulu+.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/10/netflix-and-hulu-plus-com...

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