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Boxee Box by D-Link
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TECHNADO SCORE
TECHNADO SCORE
CATEGORY:
F2
AVERAGE:
69%
%POSITIVE:
33%
The sheer amount of bugs and glitches overshadow the ambitious ideas and cool design of the Boxee Box.
100%
It supports tons of file formats and has access to hundreds of online services, making the best media streamer we've seen....Go To Full Review
90%
Brits may get stiffed on pricing, but the Boxee Box is a winner in every other way. Codec support is immense, the interface is easy to use, there is a lot of online content and the app and firmware support suggests it will continue to improve week on week, month on month....Go To Full Review
80%
If you like to rip movies from disc and store them on your network, the Boxee Box supports a huge number of media codecs. It can pass through Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bit streams to your A/V receiver, too....Go To Full Review
80%
All in all, the Boxee Box is definitely a great way to get Internet content to stream to your TV easily. Unlike the Apple TV, the Boxee Box has content from almost everywhere and will most likely continue to add services....Go To Full Review
80%
The stylish Boxee Box by D-Link does a great job of making video from diverse sources accessible, and will be even greater when bugs are fixed and new content deals signed....Go To Full Review
80%
It may be overpriced, but the Boxee Box has unparalleled codec support, a slick UI and looks fantastic sitting under your TV. The fact Boxee has committed to regular firmware updates also means it should keep improving while third party app support is second to none....Go To Full Review
70%
D-Link’s Boxee Box stands as one of the most ambitious set-top boxes out there, but its glossy front end hides mechanisms still seemingly stuck together with chewing gum and duct tape....Go To Full Review
70%
Overall the Box technology worked well, was easy to set up and there is a huge amount of video content available. However this could be a case of quantity not quality....Go To Full Review
70%
Yet as much might need to get better, we have a hard time giving the Boxee anything less than three and a half stars both for what it can do and what it should do in the future....Go To Full Review
70%
Overall, the Boxee Box promises to be a great addition to a connected home—once it implements all of its premium service offerings and fixes the bugs....Go To Full Review
63%
The Boxee Box by D-Link has some innovative design choices and a promising user interface, but mainstream content is mostly missing in action until future firmware updates are available....Go To Full Review
60%
Less expensive than the Logitech Revue with Google TV and pricier than Apple TV, the Boxee Box by D-Link focuses on rounding up Web content on your HDTV, but suffers from a lack of partner content at launch....Go To Full Review
60%
Boxee says it wants to do major updates twice a year with "many, many" small updates in between, so we're certain many of these issues will be dealt with -- and the content deals feel almost inevitable, given the Boxee team's undeniable charm. Until then, however, we're still waiting for the TV revolution to finally arrive....Go To Full Review
60%
At the moment, while we applaud the idea of the Boxee Box, usabilitye issues means it doesn’t quite feel like the final article, which is why it gets 3 stars....Go To Full Review
60%
You might have hoped for a slick, app-style experience with iPlayer and the like, but it doesn't work as well as it should....Go To Full Review
60%
They've got some cool concepts here, like the social aspect and keyboard remote, but for $80 more, you can get the Logitech Revue, which has cable pass-through, a universal remote, and a better interface....Go To Full Review
60%
When the bugs are ironed out and even more content is available, this will be the media streamer to beat – not least because the hardware is terrific. But it comes at a price. And that price is, very sadly, far too much – especially when you consider just how annoyed the software will make you....Go To Full Review
30%
The upshot is that Boxee’s slate of available video comes nowhere near being well-rounded enough to satisfy even my meager TV-watching needs. Add in its interface quirks and the poor quality of so much of the available video, and you’ve got an attractive but nearly useless piece of TV room furniture....Go To Full Review