Tag archive: Boxee

According to a recent article at Public Knowledge, cables companies are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider a rule regarding the encryption of the basic cable tier. During the early nineties, a rule was adopted by the FCC to make sure cable companies kept a portion of the broadcast stations completely unencrypted. Commonly known as “basic cable” by the public, these stations can be accessed without the… Read More

Much ado has been made about the fabled Apple iTV. Last spring we heard that the company was planning a cloud-based TV service, and that rumor received new legs when Walter Isaacson’s posthumous Steve Jobs autobiography was released. In the book, Jobs discussed that the television – and the living room – was the next domain Apple would conquer. “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” he told Isaacson.… Read More

Rolling out to consumers as of today, Boxee announced the shipment of the Live TV tuner on the company's official blog. The dongle plugs into the back of the Boxee Box hardware and provides over-the-air high definition television stations through the system's user interface. Connecting into one of the two USB ports on the back of the unit, the $50 dongle also connects to an included passive antenna. However, the owner can also… Read More

Announced earlier today on the official Boxee company blog, Sling Media has developed and launched a SlingPlayer application for the Boxee Box. Ideal for people that are still paying for cable or satellite content, the SlingPlayer app allows users to stream content from a cable box in the home assuming that the user also owns either the Sling Solo or Pro-HD set-top box. The Sling Solo set-top device retails for $179.99 and streams a standard… Read More

D-Link announced today an add-on dongle for its Boxee Box that will give users access to live TV for a one-time cost of $49. Customers can pre-order the device today. It will begin shipping in January. We knew it was coming, we just didn't know when or how. The Boxee Live TV stick lets users to connect their TV antenna to their Boxee Box allowing them to watch channels, including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC in high-definition without forking… Read More

ViewSonic has ended plans to release a Boxee-powered, high definition television as of this month due to a lack of consumer interest in the concept and expensive development costs. A 46-inch version of the ViewSonic display was previously featured at CES 2011 and was powered by the Intel Atom CE4100 capable of delivering 1080p HD content, HTML5, Adobe Flash and a vast variety of Web applications. While the television was previously scheduled to… Read More

Today, Boxee launched a new iPad app for free on the App Store. The app aggregates video content from social feeds like Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter and allows the user to watch those videos on the iPad screen. The user also has the ability to share content on the social networks through the app. The Boxee iPad application can also stream video content from a PC or Mac onto the iPad screen, assuming the user is running the Boxee Media Manager… Read More

Video streaming company Boxee confirmed this week plans to release an iPad app that will allow for streaming to any device that runs Boxee software, reports Pocket-lint. The functionality will include not only televisions hooked up to Boxee's D-Link box, but also any PC or Mac that has the Boxee software installed. Pocket-lint originally reported that the Boxee app would use Apple's AirPlay to facilitate the app's streaming… Read More

Months after its release, Internet TV device Boxee Box by D-Link is finally integrating Netflix, announced Boxee CEO Avner Ronen on the company blog. The arrival of Netflix, which had been delayed multiple times, dramatically increases the number of programs and movies available to Boxee users, and fulfills one of the company's promises made prior to Boxee's official release last November. “Netflix support was the most common… Read More

Boxee and Netflix are having some trouble seeing eye to eye. On its official blog today, Boxee's Andrew Kippen revealed that the app has been delayed again. Though the app is finished, works, and is running fine, Boxee has been unable to meet Netflix's strict security requirements. Kippen did not provide technical details, but said the Boxee team is working as fast as they can to resolve the issue. “There’s not a day that goes… Read More

With the onslaught of whiz-bang media center interfaces including Boxee, Apple TV, Google TV, and even good old Windows Media Center, it’s easy enough to skip over an option like Moovida. Until you see it, of course. In a step away from the flat, tile-based systems used by most of its immediate competitors, Moovida presents titles as a 3D wall of box art, undulating across the screen with every press of an arrow key. Highlight a title and the… Read More

A box with Boxee is a box with Boxee, right? Not really. Despite the identical software running on D-Link’s Boxee Box and the brand new Iomega TV with Boxee, a handful of seemingly small but collectively significant features divide the two. We went hands on with the Iomega TV at CES 2011, and we’re convinced it’s the superior box. Here’s why. It’s not trying to be furniture. The Boxee Box whole chrome cube design with certainly caught eyes at… Read More

While Google TV and Boxee have both stumbled in their initial set-top boxes, LG will pounce upon their weakness with its own flavor of connected television, dubbed Smart TV. LG announced the new technology, which will find its way into many of the company’s latest televisions and a standalone set-top box, at CES on Wednesday. Like its prime competitors, LG Smart TV will offer access to a broad array of both streaming and networked content… Read More

Movie streaming operator Vudu has always aimed at the high end of the video streaming market with high-definition offerings, and now at CES the company has announced it will take its game to the next level: Vudu will begin streaming 3D movies to compatible devices beginning next week—and manufacturers will be rolling out more devices that support 3D content from Vudu throughout 2011. Devices supporting Vudu 3D content will include 3D… Read More

The world of Internet-streaming set-top boxes is getting more and more competitive—and some of the offerings look more like hockey pucks than boxes. Orb has announced its new $99 Orb TV device, that enables users to stream video content from Hulu, ESPN3, Comedy Central, YouTube, and more sources from their existing PC to their television. And instead of charging customers for a separate remote that will just be lost in the depths of a… Read More