Boxee Box (Media Center)

Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by jasonlbaptiste on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:38PM (#984143)

Cool design. I absolutely love Boxee. My problem with THIS device is this: just like all these media streaming devices, the box is another toy. I'd rather spend something in the range of a mac mini that ran a real OS, had boxee as one option, let me add other apps, and store all my media. There's a chance this has nvidia ion in it, but i doubt it does full 1080p.

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by rufo on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:45PM (#984161)

The AspireRevo nettop I picked up for $200 has an Atom 230 and a NVidia Ion chipset in it, and has zero problems playing back 1080p video in XBMC for Linux... Honestly, I'd be more surprised if it didn't playback 1080p.

EDIT: I will say based on the fact they're supporting hardware decoding on Windows (and maybe Linux?), I'd much rather pick up an Ion-based nettop and install Boxee as a software app.

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by DarkShikari on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:08PM (#984212)

It's hard to get away with anything less than full 1080p on a standalone player these days, due to the advent of low-cost 1080p players like the WDTV (~$80).

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by stcredzero on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:18PM (#984235)

I wonder when we're going to have Android, Chrome OS, or another of its ilk running TV sets?

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by jrockway on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:55PM (#984324)

The Archos 5 is Android-based and connects to a TV via HDMI. All the usual Android apps are available on the screen, you can watch (and download) video, and you can connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. So I think we are there, actually.

(The device then detaches from the TV dock and is a portable media player / Internet tablet. It was buggy at first, but I am liking it a lot now.)

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @09:43AM (#985826)

When I saw the Litl (before Chrome OS was revealed) I thought that it would make a pretty good AppleTV competitor, with the added benefit that when not in use in that way it would act as a portable web access device.

(Though as far as I can tell, neither Litl, nor Google are pushing their devices in this way. Though it wouldn't be too hard to stream your audio and H.264 video via the web onto ChromeOS)

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by jasonlbaptiste on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:23PM (#984246)

inside of the tv or as a HTPC with an os specifically made for the tv?

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Re:Boxee Box (Media Center) by tvon on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:13PM (#984224)

I'd put money on this being Ion based with 1080p support.

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