DISQUS

Paul M. Watson · 1 year ago

Testament to Boxee that I had no clue it was based on xbmc. I tried xbmc out once and thought it was solid but obviously a geeks solution to a geeks problem. On the other hand my non-tech girlfriend loves Boxee and everyone I've shown it to gets it. I think a lot of the xmbc votes were tips-of-the-hat from people who actually use Boxee ;)

Mohan · 1 year ago

Congrats and I enjoying your software...waiting for the Ubuntu update to come in. ;)

alon · 1 year ago

if it had front row or apple tv's front row as a choice, i would vote for it - boxee is still very cluncky and the interface is kind of a mess.

the poll didn't really had a lot of options, so it's no wonder you've won.

avner ronen · 1 year ago

@alon i don't know why they didn't include FrontRow. no question FrontRow is a much more mature product than boxee. we're still in alpha.. FrontRow is good if you live exclusively in the iTunes world, kind of breaks if you'd like to venture beyond.

maybe boxee's entrance into the market will push Apple to improve FrontRow

avner ronen · 1 year ago

i didn't realize this was the way the list of media center apps was decided... cool

luc · 1 year ago

quite impressive considering boxee is is still private alpha(actually I think it's more of a private beta but anyway...).
love the software, it's a pity much of the video content does not work outside US - Hulu, CBS, etc.

macsobel · 1 year ago

It has been amazing to watch Boxee mature this far. Nothing beats Boxee for content. Even the interface is much improved. We don't watch much TV but all that we do watch is now through Boxee. Thanks guys.

Joseph · 1 year ago

I will admit coming from having a XBOX and xbmc I didn't see why I needed anything beyond it, but having no options to hack the XBOX 360 and recently getting an apple tv there was no choice. Even after I installed it I will admit I kept using xbmc, but after 2 weeks I only use Boxee now and it is a godsend.

1) the easy install... nuff said
2) steaming media
3) frequent updates and improvements
4) the developers listen to what the public wants

I could point out flaws / issues, but that would be kicking a gift horse in the mouth imho. I do find it very cool that when I found something wrong with the last update that was bothering me... I come to this site and see that it is already listed in the 15th fix list.

Now I will admit... the netflix post was a bit of a D__k tease once I saw oh btw not on apple tv yet lol!

go uber xmbc aka boxee!

Joseph · 1 year ago

I think this post has been shot down pretty well... and if there is somethings else out there that is better I would love to see it.

I will admit the boxee interface did turn me off a bit when I first used it coming from xmbc, but to be fair xmbc looks and functions the same as it did 3+ years ago! I also don't see any built in enhancements like the ones in Boxee.

I think Boxee did so well in this poll because of what the people behind it are doing.

Dan · 1 year ago

The problem that modifier key can not be recognized when in full screen is still not resolved.