What is the Boxee Box?

It’s important when talking about the Boxee Box to split the software out from the hardware. The hardware part — the Box, in essence — is a simple nettop-style device, running an Intel CE4100 Atom 1.2GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and 1GB of flash memory.

Does Boxee automatically download movie posters and descriptions?

The Boxee software will download movie posters and descriptions automatically (Credit: D-Link) The Boxee interface, even on first install, is very slick and easy to manage. Once we’d sorted out our network connection, the Box noticed that a newer version of Boxee was available, and set to downloading it.

Is Boxee free to use?

Boxee is a free media centre application based itself on the open source XBMC media centre software. It’s free to download and works across a variety of hardware types. If you want Boxee’s features but don’t want the box itself, the only thing stopping you doing so is a little time and patience.

What is the difference between the Boxee Box and D-Link Boxee?

The Boxee Box is a premium-priced proposition best suited for those who want an easy out-of-the-box Boxee experience. Not so with D-Link’s Boxee Box.

The Boxee Box at a glance. Not only is Boxee the best way to watch movies, TV shows and clips from the Internet on your TV, it’s the easiest. All you need is a TV with an HDMI input and an Internet connection, and Boxee Box will take care of the rest.

What happened to Boxee support?

Support from Boxee was great for about 2 years with regular updates but once the updates stopped then the box slowly lost utility for me over time. I found that as my media file sizes got bigger boxee struggled not only with playing the higher bit rate files but also with cataloging my burgeoning video library.

What do I need to set up a Boxee Box?

All you need is a TV with an HDMI input and an Internet connection, and Boxee Box will take care of the rest. Equipped with an SD card slot, two USB ports, an optical digital audio connector, HDMI output, and an 802.11n Wi-Fi-equipped Ethernet port, there isn’t much Boxee Box can’t plug into.

How do I use the Boxee Box remote?

Say goodbye to hunting and pecking for letters on screen, the Boxee Box Remote features an easy to-use navigation button on the front and a full QWERTY keyboard for text input on the back. Quickly and easily input URLs and account information. With its Smart Auto search function, as soon as you start typing, Boxee Box starts finding.