Boxee Teams Up with D-Link to Produce the Boxee Box
By Alexander Grundner |
December 7th, 2009 
Attached here are images of the upcoming Boxee Box set to be released in the second quarter of 2010. The 5-inch wide device will exclusively be manufactured by D-Link (model DSM-380) and offer HDMI (1080p capable), S/PDIF, composite audio out, Ethernet, built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi, RF remote, 2 x USB ports, 1 x SD card slot, and, of course, the latest Boxee Beta software release which was unveiled this evening. Price: around $200. See the attached video below for a demo of the software in action.
Photo Credit: Boxee Blog
New in Boxee Beta:
- Redesigned UI (now with TiVo-like sound effects)
- Global Menu – easy access to the software’s main sections
- Improved Homescreen: 3-columns – Feed, Featured, Queue
- New TV Show & Movie Library (ties in with Netflix)
- Queue – save selections for later viewing
- My Apps – discover, test, and install new apps
- Improved sharing – update your Facebook and Twitter friends on what you “Loved” viewing + comments
- 64-bit support for Mac and Ubuntu
- New, faster underlying graphic library for Windows — switched from OpenGL to DirectX (w/ support for DXVA)
Short URL: http://bit.ly/96MVdj [+] Filed in: Streaming Media Devices Tags: Boxee, Boxee Box, D-Link
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Alexander Grundner is the Editor & Publisher of eHomeUpgrade. He has been following "Digital Home" developments since 2003. He's also a fan of cross-platform, open development software and industry standards related to media, networking, and the web. You can catch his daily tech musings on Twitter: @agrundner.