So if you’re reading this and thinking “Why not buy a Roku?” remember that even if we could get the box in the UK, we still couldn’t get the services! We do have LoveFilm, Blinkbox and Spotify, but these aren’t yet supported in Boxee. There are many online content providers that aren’t available here, such as Netflix, Vudu, Hulu and Pandora. Media library kept on QNAP TS209 NAS drive (appears on Boxee as a samba share).īear in mind that this review is UK based.Audio output through Denon Stereo (not optical).Next, let me state the conditions and criteria of this review. There are many excellent reviews out there, and I will try not to cover the same ground as those, so make sure you also read: However, I saw some more reviews, spoke to the Boxee CEO Avner Ronen and saw his responses to the issues and felt confident again.
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I cancelled my order, preferring to try the desktop software first to be sure that it still suited me as much as the beta.
All issues I have with Boxee Box are potentially solvable via firmware updates though! The Long ReviewĪfter waiting 11 months for it be released, it was a shock when I discovered that the final Boxee Box UI had undergone so many radical changes. However, it has a mass of regressions from the beta version: missing functionality, downgraded UI aesthetics & usability and online content is given more importance than your own files. The Boxee Box is a well made, beautiful piece of hardware that plays even large mkv files without complaining.
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