Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living room

Re:Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living... by YeahKIA on Thursday July 04, 2013 @10:00AM (#5990645)

When it comes to filling up the gap, I am surprised that Xbox was not mentioned particularly given how much Microsoft has tried to portray it as a complete living room entertainment package as opposed to just a gaming console.

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Re:Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living... by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday July 04, 2013 @02:36PM (#5991903)

It could be if you didn't have to pay for XBox live to connect to the net. However, if you're not a (social) gamer, XBox live offers no benefit over a straight internet connection and costs $60/year.

As soon as my year is up, I'm moving back to a PC for streaming Netflix, and if I'm doing that, the PC might as well play all my local media as well so the XBox is going to be a games-only platform.

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Re:Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living... by inthewind on Thursday July 04, 2013 @12:25PM (#5991331)

What sort of power would the XboxOne hum along at? I figure it would be a power drain. I once considered getting a Wii to turn into a media centre as it is meant to sip rather than burn juice.

Electricity in the UK costs so much, that even leaving appliances on standby soon adds up, we worked out that turning the things off at the wall saves us £1.50 a week, and we don't even have many appliances.

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