While I can do all the different parts they enable individually, its a pain in my butt and it would be grrreat if I could have one box attached the TV/interwebs to bring it all together.
So basically my question is (now that I've been able to see the BoxeeBox and there is a new Apple TV reported) what, really, is the difference between all the options? It seems like Boxee will offer Hulu but the others wont? I am assuming they all do the job of aggregating your existing media on the network, but after that I would ideally want the one that simply offers the most streaming options. Do people have experiences good or bad that they can share with me to help make the decision?
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I really like the idea of one of the Digital Media Players (or whatever you want to call them).
Based on the boxs you mentioned here is what I can offer, from my research:
Roku - Access to Netflix, Revision3, Pandora, MLB.TV but no DLNA/UPnP
Boxee - DLNA/UPnP, MLB.TV, NHL.TV, Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Last.FM, full codec support for MKV & FLAC, universal type earch, Clicker.TV, Revision3
AppleTV - least expansive in the terms of what i has to offer and I think it relies on iTunes however Boxee/XBMC can be ported over to it
Roku - Access to Netflix, Revision3, Pandora, MLB.TV but no DLNA/UPnP
Boxee - DLNA/UPnP, MLB.TV, NHL.TV, Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Last.FM, full codec support for MKV & FLAC, universal type earch, Clicker.TV, Revision3
AppleTV - least expansive in the terms of what i has to offer and I think it relies on iTunes however Boxee/XBMC can be ported over to it
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+1. I'd also like an explanation of sorts.
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I'm also thinking about this (one year later after this thread started;) As I don't live in the States, I'm not really thinking about real time streaming however. I understand that these 'boxes' are just specialized kind of PC's made to be small and to perform well at what they do.
My question is: I have an HTPC in a Silverstone case which I assembled myself and recently updated with new hardware (core i5 based) .. excellent performance and etc. BUT it's huge and ugly! I want something small and elegant that works well. Do you think these 'media players' as they are, are 'mature' enough now for my expectation?
My question is: I have an HTPC in a Silverstone case which I assembled myself and recently updated with new hardware (core i5 based) .. excellent performance and etc. BUT it's huge and ugly! I want something small and elegant that works well. Do you think these 'media players' as they are, are 'mature' enough now for my expectation?
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