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Jack — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:14:19 -0000

Agree. The only thing keeping me from buying an Apple TV for my boxee set top box is that it can't output in Composite video. Like the Roku, get it working for older hardware and get it into every college dorm room in the world.

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james — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:31:35 -0000

I just wanted to reiterate seeing as no one replied.

Silence is golden!

If I'm watching a film, I'd like to _only_ hear the film. Not the box. That's why I went for the appletv over something like the mac mini. If I got the boxee hardware and it was noisy, I'd have to send it back.

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james — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:27:34 -0000

I'm sure I speak for everyone in europe when I say you should partner with a hardware company over here as well. It would keep the prices down for us because shipping from the US, and import tax kill the cost effectiveness.

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Scott Breitbach — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:43:11 -0000

This sounds great. I wanted to get a Roku box last year when I first heard about them, but put it off and eventually decided not to because they just don't do enough. A Boxee box sounds like just the thing as long as it can connect through my WiFi connection and preferally would have a port to connect a portable hard drive to play movies/photos, etc.

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Ken — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:05:19 -0000

I would buy a Boxee Box in a flash if it was around $200 and supported NetFlix streaming. I bout the Roku box for Netflix streaming and was unimpressed. I use Apple TV as my main media source and since adding Boxee it has really changed the way I control my media. If you could wrap up a DVR and a Blu Ray player into one box I would pay up to $300 for it easily! Keep up the good work!!!

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Aaron Victory — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:36:13 -0000

Boxee already has a set top box. It's called Apple-TV. Instead of investing in a full blown PC/Mac I was able to order mine already pre-installed from boxeeonappletv.com .

Has all the right connectors and a remote. Took minutes to set up and has been working smoothly for me.
What else one needs of a set top box ?

oh, yeah... get it to support Netflix already..

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Matt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:15:03 -0000

please Add Wii Support Fujisoft have video player for the Wii and will launch Everybody's theare in Japan next Tuesday in Japan .

http://www.fsi.co.jp/e/solu...

The Wii is a great little Streaming box even if its Standard Def.

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reinharden — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:16:27 -0000

With more than 140 million units floating around the world and 50+ million in North America alone, I wonder if the PlayStation 2 has enough horsepower to run boxee?

Would releasing boxee as a Playstation 2 game make economic sense?

reinharden

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Steve — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:44:08 -0000

I'd like to say the following... I majorly support the idea of Boxee itself, and a Boxee box, but these are my main concerns:

1) CableCARD + + DVR would be monstrous. It's the one thing that has kept me from building a new HTPC - the barrier to entry with figuring out all of the CableCARD stuff seems daunting for most. My big beef with XBMC, Boxee etc is that I really want a dedicated box to do everything - my stored media AND my TV/DVR media...

2) If it doesn't have the juice to do glitch-free 1080p video, don't bother. I'm not interested in AppleTV specifically for this reason. Same goes for digital audio outputs - it needs the ability to do optical AND audio over HDMI (optical is important because most of us haven't spent the several hundred bucks on replacing our stereo receivers that do not have HDMI ports yet)...

I'm excited to see what you guys can come up with! What about joining forces with the Neuros LINK box team?

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Tim — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:29:03 -0000

Simple box to reduce price and ability to store movies ect. on external hard drive thru USB. Also a remote with a type pad on it for searching ect.

PS. I love the work your doing and eagerly await further development!!!

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Matt R — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:19:38 -0000

A box is an option, but I think the best bet to get a wider acceptance of boxee is to make it available for the major game consoles (PS3, Xbox, Wii). These devices are already attached to a TV, and have much, much larger install bases than a boxee set-top would ever probably achieve (or that PCs/Macs attached to a TV have now).

And if you're looking to monetize boxee (as it appears you are considering by licensing it to set-top box OEMs), then you could charge for the app and sell it through each console's online store. (I love that boxee is free now, and would hate to see that go away, but boxee needs $$ to continue to grow. To do that, you either need to sell adds to run on boxee, or license or sell the software itself).

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Andreas Setterlind — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:17:46 -0000

I think built-in 802.11n wireless as standard is probably a must as well today(?)

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Guymcl — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:56:21 -0000

I love Boxee - but I already have a box. Boxee and the Apple TV are perfect together. I don"t want or need another box.

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Derek — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:35:05 -0000

Are two versions too much to ask?

1) Simple & Cheap. Boots off of an SD memory card, gig network, expandable RAM With USB ports to add hard disk, memory sticks, usb tv tuner, blu-ray, and/or external dvd player. Priced < $200

2) The high-end version that includes everything (and a remote control). That costs $649 and supports HDMI.

I would buy 2 cheap ones and 1 high end. It would replace my current XBMC Xbox1 setup. Simple aesthetics to the physical box are also key to the not-as-geeky demographic.

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Reallytnotnick — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:55:47 -0000

I think it should be as customizable as possible. Have a base that really just streams from the internet, then have add on features like a DVD or BD drive, Tuner card, HDD (for DVR or ripping DVD/BD movies).

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LAGamer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:43:39 -0000

I would buy one, can you toss one together for me right now. I am more than happy to beta test the thing. As others have said, keep it simple. Allow the user to expand it via USB or even an Ethernet port to add external storage options. I would want to connect mine to my extisting network to read my movies and music that I already have. Output to HMI, Component and composite of course as well.

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julia — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:01:25 -0000

I would love one. I've been looking for a good open source media center for my tv. and it seem simple. PLEASE make one! and if its under 300, i'd buy it.

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TJ — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:34:25 -0000

I'd buy it in a heartbeat. That said, I do have a couple requests:

1) Ability to mount any standard DVD/Blu-ray drive in the STB (unless the STB is very small, in which case, I'd be happy to forgoe)
2) Ability to use said drive to rip media to the...
3) Internal HDD, preferably accessable/changable
4) USB/eSATA for when a friend comes over with a portable drive
5) Ability to output over HDMI and composite A/V at the same time (I've got a channel modulator that used to serve my DVR to the bedroom. It's been unocupied since I canceled my pay-TV service).

Oh, and keep it under $300 if possible.

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petyr — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:33:05 -0000

Guys and gals,
I have way too much hardware in my entertainment center already and everything does part of what i need. If boxee does make a box, in order for me to be interested, it must replace everything except my PS3 and Wii. For posterity, the things it must replace is AppleTV (streaming boxee and media library playback), TiVo (DVR), Cable Box (on demand and HD TV), GbE network switch, and fiberchannel audio mux. OK, the last 2 are nice to haves, but why not have one box. I have a NAS, so on the box storage is not that important.
Huge thanks for all the work you've done so far!!

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Kilde — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:01:14 -0000

I would love a Boxee Box. Currently I am using my old Xbox with XBMC. It's becoming outdated now that I have an HDTV and want to play HD content. I just want a cheap $200 machine to put Boxee on that will easily work out of the box.

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j won — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:29:41 -0000

I believe the best device would be a small Roku style box, possibly with a small hard drive. Make a barebones kit for enthusiasts to pop in their own HD and a finished package my Dad could use out of the box. I would infinitely prefer a BT/Wifi remote over any IR, get people to use any controller they like.

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raff — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:18:46 -0000

I just found this yesterday:
http://beagleboard.org/hard...

It has HDMI output (only 720p, I think), some hardware accelleration and Linux.

It would be almost all you need, but I guess there isnt't an official ARM Linux FlashPlayer available yet :(

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CATO — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:23:55 -0000

as long it can play 720p & 1080p MKV files thats all we need, right now apple tv can't handle it.

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ReynaldoRiv — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:37:56 -0000

I wouldn't pay for a set-top box, and I certainly wouldn't pay the "magic" $200 price tag when you offer it for free.

I *WOULD* pay 4.99 for boxee as an application on the PS3 online store. As the survey suggests, I don't need another box, I'd rather just upgrade the most powerful one connected to my TV.

Pitch this idea to Sony; they already have the killer hardware and this would help unify the PS community through media. Also, if you can ensure the PS3 exclusive console support they may be more willing to jump on the idea since it will distinguish them from the competition.

If you could just get Sony to help you out w/ hardware issues the PS3 is your ultimate set-top box

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giyad — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:13:33 -0000

I agree... if you can find a cheap way to include BD, do it, but its not a priority. The whole point of Boxee is not having physical disc anymore (at least the way I see/use it). This means I'm gonna have my content ripped onto my computer anyway, so I don't need a Blu-Ray drive. I've gotten rid of all my physical media thanks to Boxee!