good
Media support
so-so
Video quality
so-so
Audio quality
so-so
Design and form factor
poor
Ease of use
I was a pretty avid user of the boxee software ever since it's fork from XMBC, installing it on every device I could even the first gen Apple TV, so I had high hopes for a dedicated box designed to get fast updates and little worry of lost functionality. The small cutaway box design was nothing like... Read the full review →
reviewed on Nov 15, 2010
purchased on Nov 10, 2010
great!
Video quality
great!
Audio quality
great!
Design and form factor
poor
Ease of use
awful!
Media support
Until the release of the boxee box, I was convinced that boxee would win the set-top box wars because it was the only true UI that you could replace cable TV with. With the release of the box we now found out that they're trying to work with cable companies more and because of that they've... Read the full review →
great!
Media support
great!
Ease of use
great!
Design and form factor
good
Video quality
good
Audio quality
I love the Boxee box. Its been a great addition to my house. THE BB connected to my TV and 1TB External HDD, plus standard cable and a PS3 is the most amazing TV set up possible. Read the full review →
reviewed on Nov 14, 2010
purchased on Nov 11, 2010
great!
Media support
great!
Video quality
great!
Audio quality
poor
Design and form factor
awful!
Ease of use
Pre-ordered this product as soon as it became available on Amazon.com for it ease of use and intuitive user interface. I have been using the AppleTV hack for the past year and was hoping that the Boxee Box was going to be the exact same experience as it only Quicker! Received my Boxee Box yesterday... Read the full review →
great!
Media support
great!
Video quality
great!
Audio quality
good
Design and form factor
so-so
Ease of use
I have had a few reliability problems with mine prior to the latest software update. It would often fail to start up after the initial Boxee logo. These seem to have been resolved, but I will wait and see. The recent loss of the dedicated BBC iPlayer app means that finding shows from the BBC is... Read the full review →
great!
Media support
great!
Audio quality
great!
Design and form factor
good
Video quality
good
Ease of use
This little box has SO MUCH potential. But to me, until it's got Netflix and Hulu Plus, it's much closer to a fancy paperweight than an everyday device. But it sure feels like right around the corner it will be getting that daily use... Read the full review →
great!
Media support
great!
Video quality
great!
Audio quality
good
Design and form factor
so-so
Ease of use
For the most part, I really, really, really like my Boxee Box. I fall just short of loving it because of so many tiny quirks. There are moments where the Box just fails a little and tarnishes the experience. But like I said, for the most part I really like it. I challenge anybody reading this to... Read the full review →
great!
Video quality
good
Media support
good
Audio quality
so-so
Ease of use
poor
Design and form factor
Use the box primarily for streaming local content. Streaming off the net is great for showing YouTube videos from my Facebook and Twitter streams but the web programming generally is underwhelming and sometimes cumbersome. Netflix is nice to have but selection here in Canada is poor at present. Read the full review →
great!
Media support
great!
Video quality
great!
Audio quality
great!
Design and form factor
so-so
Ease of use
While I think the hardware is excellent, the software is it's issue. The navigation is very clunky at times and the automatic file identifying doesn't do a great job (even with videos tagged properly). It's pretty easy to setup and get started though. I can play EVERYTHING. I haven't found a file it... Read the full review →
great!
Media support
great!
Video quality
great!
Audio quality
great!
Ease of use
great!
Design and form factor
I've actually had some problems with this unit (like the subtitles downloading stopped working and it forgetting my user every boot), but a factory reset fixed it. I still wouldn't recommend it thouch (despite high values), since it so locked down, you can't fix the lousy musicplayer etc. Read the full review →
reviewed on Feb 28, 2011
purchased on Dec 25, 2010
great!
Media support
great!
Audio quality
great!
Design and form factor
good
Video quality
so-so
Ease of use
My Boxee Box crashes A LOT! It would be nice if I could identify my media from one boxee device and have some sort of library file that other boxee devices could use. I've had to re-identify media so many times it makes me not want to recommend this product. I give it a high rating because I... Read the full review →
great!
Design and form factor
good
Media support
good
Video quality
good
Audio quality
so-so
Ease of use
The device is really nice, but the remote control & user-interface seem quite unusable to me. I'm a longtime user of the software-boxee, which I still prefer over the hardware-box. Read the full review →
