Quick Installation Guide. All Downloads. Stay in touch. Keep me updated. We're here to help. And when you do stream videos wirelessly, only the Boxee Box can view p videos. YES, I said it correctly, my friends Boxee Box strea ms p bluray quality videos. WD Live does not do that. The most the WD Live will recognize is p. If I am wrong and someone has been able to do p through their WD Live, please explain how you were able to do that.
One other thing that the Boxee Box does that my WD Live is lacking is the ability to play certain video files, like those from youtube. When the Boxee Box can play media continuously, then I will give my WD Live away as a free gift, but as for now, both share a space in my entertainment system. Read full review. I bought the Box to be able to play all the movies and series I got in my home server on my TV.
I used to have to plug in my laptop to the tv and then to the speakers, and it was a hazle, now its always set up and is fast and easy to use. I haven't tried other streamers, but I am really happy with the product, the remote is nice though you can't really see the buttons when its dark , it plays almost any kind of file, and has great support for subtitles.
The only con I have is that it does freezes up from time to time, but its not too often to be a dealbreaker, plus I think it will be fixed with the upcoming firmware update. But the bummer was no PC networking compatibility Been watching Boxee reviews past 6 months and decided take the plunge Personally I think it is kind of cute in it's own quirky way Just need Amazon to get onboard The Boxee remote is a bit small for my big paws Up and running in less than 10 minutes. Networking to ok a little research regarding going into the properties of the various Windows files and granting access to my home network but once that was set up it recognized all of my media and I had Windows style folder access on my TV My oal is to dump Comcast video and just use Boxee and internet shows access Amazon and Hulu would be a big PLUS to have and there is talk of those apps coming but not as of It also has two USB inputs and a optical audio out I will give it a 7 out of 10 at this time I currently have a WDTV live and is works excellent for playing many formats from my computer server TVersity , but it does not access the internet and is limited on the other applications it has.
After many reviews I read I thought this was going to be the perfect device and it is upon initial use. Once I got into it I found that this device has many bugs. I understand most devices today needs and update or two to get it working on all cylinders but after I did the updates I found many problems. The main one was that this device would just "black out" often during playback. It was able to see and access my server. It even played most of my files, but during every playback the movie would constantly be interrupted with "Black outs" that would last from seconds which was annoying.
The other big problem I had was that this unit Locked up almost every time I used it and sometimes more than once. Beyond cost, there are a few compelling reasons to DIY your Boxee experience:. At the moment, the two big ways to get mainstream television and movies streaming to your system are Hulu and Netflix. Netflix and Hulu Plus are coming to the official Boxee Box in the near future, through an update, but they're not currently supported. In the meantime, Netflix works on nearly any Windows or Mac browser, and Hulu works on any browser that supports Flash, along with offering a Hulu Desktop player that provides a fairly good lean-back viewing experience.
Netflix plays just fine on Boxee for Windows and Mac, while Hulu is hit or miss on all platforms. It's not ideal, but it works. Boxee is built on XBMC and other open-source software, and it excels at playing back pretty much any video file you can find anywhere.
That's true for both the Boxee Box and your own Boxee unit. But how do you get your files into Boxee? The pre-built Box has no accessible internal storage, but it can access shared files on your home network, on dedicated network-attached storage NAS , or on any USB drives you connect or SD cards you slide into its side. None of this is outside the reach of your average Lifehacker reader, and if you've already got a good media storage hub set up, you may only need a thin client like the Boxee Box to play it back for you on a big screen.
For many Boxee admirers, though, the idea of a Boxee "box" is that it's just that—one object that does all the work. When you sit down to watch shows, movies, or internet content, you don't have to wonder whether your media server is up, or if the laptop you stashed that one particular file on is powered on.
Using your own device with a hard drive and full OS installed, you can set up a pretty convenient system, though—like, say, the one I've got going:. It almost goes without saying, but when you buy a small computer and outfit it yourself with a media center, you're in charge of determining whether there's enough hard drive space, physical memory, processing power, and what kind of optical discs it accepts or doesn't. Busted components can be replaced, upgrades don't require a whole new system purchase, and you decide from the start what the box's capabilities are.
If I'd never thought to buy my own box, here's why I'd recommend sticking with the pre-assembled Boxee Box:. Not everybody loves the look of the Boxee Box, Gizmodo included.
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