Boxee’s Web TV going beyond the D-Link box?
February 10th, 2010, 2:35 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
Noted: Web TV-ish service Boxee has a deal with Fountain Valley’s D-Link Systems to release the first piece of hardware with Boxee’s online video service. That won’t be out until next quarter. Now, NewTeeVee reports that Boxee isn’t limiting itself to D-Link’s hardware. Could there be a Boxee Blu-ray player in the works?
Boxee, a free web service allowing users to watch TV shows on the Web while socializing with online friends, told the news site that it wants another hardware device for consumers by the end of the year.
Interestingly, NewTeeVee writer Janko Roettgers also mentions the Hulu dilemma. Hulu owners like NBC don’t want the free Web TV shows to be accessed by the Boxee Box or other similar devices. Boxee said it plans to ask for a licensed application. Read the story: Next Up For Boxee: A Blu-ray Player?
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Vizio would do themselves a favor by teaming with Boxee versus rolling their own. Granted…Boxee can be a little temperamental at times.
How cool would it be to have Boxee, Hulu, and OTA HDTV built-in to your Vizio TV straight out of the box? You wouldn’t need to buy and build your own HTPC.
The Boxee guys are making some very good decisions. Honestly, I never gave them a chance but there’s some real innovation happening there. Look at the QWERTY keyboard on the remote control. That’s exactly what was needed for a social-networking media center tool.
I wish them luck.
The big problem I have with Boxee and these other dedicated media streaming boxes is that it just adds another box sitting next to my tv (and another remote control on my coffee table =] ). Boxee’s market is toward the more tech savvy individual who has probably already figured out a way to achieve what this device does, heck just hook a laptop up to your tv and go to hulu. The xbox and ps3 can stream media over your network and stream netflix movies and tv shows over the web (not to mention play video games and DVD/Bluyray).
As for the social networking component, that is what my laptop/cell phone is for. Why would I leave my laptop sitting on the couch next to me so I can update my face book status using my television? It makes it difficult to tweet about the episode of Caprica I am watching if I am using my tv to do the tweeting =] .
For anyone who already has a HTPC or an xbox/ps3 this device seems like a step backwards.
Boxee Beta r10634 is out.