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Boxee now available in Australia

November 24, 2010

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Boxee now available in Australia

Aussies can now celebrate because the mid-November worldwide launch of the HTPC killer, The Boxee Box, has now infiltrated Australia. You can now already order the Boxee Box directly from Dick Smith Electronics Australia for $299 with free delivery.
Update: The Boxee Box is currently on backorder.

Boxee, originally a fork of the incredibly popular XBMC HTPC [...]

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D-link Boxee Box Pre-order: Australia in November.

September 14, 2010

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D-link Boxee Box Pre-order: Australia in November.

Update: You can now already order the Boxee Box directly from Dick Smith Electronics.
The Boxee box by D-Link has signed up Amazon (US) as exclusive pre-order partners for the Boxee Box.  People who pre-order this $199 HD Media experience through Amazon in the US will receive their Boxee Box before it goes on sale [...]

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Boxee Beta 0.9.22.13692 Released with Movie Library

August 26, 2010

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Boxee Beta 0.9.22.13692 Released with Movie Library

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 [...]

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Boxee releasing in November

June 12, 2010

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Boxee releasing in November

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 integrated [...]

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Ipad for Australia

April 19, 2010

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Ipad for Australia

Initially I was a bit underwhelmed at the announcement of the Ipad, compared to similar devices such as the Archos, Apples new offering seemed a bit limiting in the tech specs department.  The recent US Ipad launch and subsequent media frenzy has been intriguing with a massive amount of apps demonstrated, some that are simply [...]

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Windows Media Center XBMC integration

February 17, 2010

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Windows Media Center XBMC integration

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 Media [...]

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Windows Media Center Boxee integration

February 17, 2010

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Windows Media Center Boxee integration

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, the [...]

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XBMC gets native DXVA2 support (Hardware Acceleration)

February 2, 2010

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XBMC gets native DXVA2 support (Hardware Acceleration)

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 [...]

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Boxee Beta Revealed

December 8, 2009

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Boxee Beta Revealed

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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XBMC HTPC Windows Quick Setup guide

September 7, 2009

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XBMC HTPC Windows Quick Setup guide

XBMC Quick Setup Guide Updated 29-1-10
As highlighted with our previous XBMC introduction article,   I have been using XBMC since it’s transformation from XBMP (Xbox Media Player) and was the sole reason I purchased the original xbox.  This day and age the focus is on High Definition formats and the original Xbox just doesn’t cut it [...]

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