Just released today, a new version of the Boxee Beta has been made available (http://boxee.tv/download). Boxee now includes the new Movie Library, making it easier to find, watch or queue movies you like. As part of this version we have opened up our Movie Library (click on Movies from the main screen, then select “Movie [...]
Continue reading...30. June 2010
iiNet has just announced their fetchtv 2 service is now available and ready for people to sign up. This means, if you’re eligible, you could be one of the first to experience a world-class digital TV service, delivered straight to your lounge room via a High Definition set top box. iiNet’s fetchtv 2 brings you [...]
Continue reading...12. June 2010
The upcoming HTPC replacement media device, The Boxee Box is set to ship this November in the US and Canada. Now word on a local release as of yet. The Boxee Box is a standalone set top device utilising the popular multiplatform Boxee HTPC frontend software. The hardware is being manufactured by D-link, offering an [...]
Continue reading...13. May 2010
It not often media devices like the Probox PBR-500 and PlayOn DVR pop up offering almost complete HTPC functionality at extremely insane prices. The Probox has been a popular choice for a while as an alternative to building your own HTPC but with the launch of its newer and better supported sibling, the Playon HD [...]
Continue reading...17. April 2010
What is ATI’s LCD Overdrive and Should you use it on a LCD TV? ATI LCD Overdrive is basically a software attempt at faking a faster refresh rate on an LCD panel. When a pixel is changing its state or colour, LCD Overdrive forces a pixel to change its state earlier than it should by [...]
Continue reading...16. March 2010
The home of one of the best multi platform media centers is still down due to an unfortunate lightening strike at its datacenter. Hope this inconvenience doesn’t cause too much trouble for the XBMC team. From xbmc.org: Site down due to lightning strike at datacenter. Back soon. You can still download the most recent xbmc [...]
Continue reading...17. February 2010
Not content with integrating only Boxee, Teknowebworks have made the same integration possible with the project that started it all, XBMC. BMC Integration 1.0 provides an easy way for users to go back and forth between Windows Media Center and XBMC. When clicking on XBMC in Windows 7 Media Center, the software automatically closes Windows [...]
Continue reading...17. February 2010
If you have a Windows 7 powered HTPC, Boxee Integration 1.0 provides an armchair viewers way to control the excellent Boxee app directly within Media Center. Boxee Integration 1.0 provides an easy way for users to go back and forth between Windows Media Center and Boxee. When clicking on Boxee in Windows 7 Media Center, [...]
Continue reading...2. February 2010
XBMC has been progressing at an incredible otherworldly pace and tonight’s latest Changeset is no exception. From Revision 27376 Onwards, XBMC now supports dxva2 decoder support for vc1/h264 courtesy of the Boxee DXVA implementation. Thats right, my aging Athlon 4400XP now barely hits 20% CPU usage with most 1080p material. This is for the Windows [...]
Continue reading...8. December 2009
The popular xbmc fork with a social networking twist, has just had its impressive beta unveiled at an event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The Boxee team will open up this Beta to the public on Jan 7th (at CES) and over the next 4 weeks will gradually release invitations to our early access [...]
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26. August 2010
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