![]() That along with the dull gray colored letters makes it nearly impossible to use the keyboard in a dim/dark room. The most significant issue is that it is not backlit. ![]() Unfortunately, after using the remote for a week I found it frustrating and flawed. However, there have been mixed results from other owners, and some who purchased multiple Boxee Boxes have noted that fan noise from one box is not consistent with the next.Īs for the remote, there was a lot of interest surrounding the remote when it was first announced, and it looked like it could be the perfect All-in-One HTPC remote. From my testing so far the fan that came with my Boxee Box has been extremely quiet. The moment some people hear that a fan is included they will cringe. One thing you cannot see since I didn’t open up the box is there is an internal fan keeping the Boxee Box cool. Fortunately the Boxee Box is controlled with an RF remote so you can easily hide it out of sight I am personally not a big fan of it, in particular because the neon mat lifts up alongside the front of the box and is very visible. Most people will either love the design or hate it. The folks at Boxee definitely took some risks with the design of the Boxee Box. On the flipside of the remote is a full qwerty keyboard The remote (which is RF) is fairly simplistic, with a click pad and three buttons The Boxee Box is small sized, coming in at just under a 4lb canister of sugar (don’t try adding the Boxee Box to your coffee though!) Turning the Boxee Box over is a neon green rubber mat with the Boxee logo Looking at the Boxee Box from the side you can see the slot for an SD card. Unless you have an adapter any device that you connect the Boxee Box to will require an HDMI input (and no, I didn’t cut off the image, the Boxee Box is really shaped like that…). Lets just say the Boxee Box was not made with A/V racks in mindįrom the back you can see the LAN port (10/100), 2 USB 2.0 ports, HMDI out, Optical, Audio Out and the power input. Looking at the Boxee Box the first thing you will notice is the rather unusual shape. The Boxee Box comes in a colorful box shaped package. Two-Sided RF Remote: with 4-way navigation and full QWERTY keypad.Subtitle Formats: SRT, SUB, SSA, SMI, ASS.Image Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF.Audio Formats: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AIF/AIFF, AC3/AAC, OGG, FLAC, DTS, Dolby Digital/Dolby True HD.Memory Card Support: SD, SDHC up to 32GB, MMC.Ports: HDMI 1.3, 10/100 Fast Ethernet, 2x USB 2.0, Optical Audio (S/PDIF), Analog Audio (RCA L/R).Network Protocol Support: IPV4, ARP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, DHCP Client, DNS Client, DDNS Client, HTTP Server, Samba Client, RTP/RTMP, VPN: PPTP, DLNA 1.5 (DMP).Language Support: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.The ultimate goal of the Boxee Box is to bring the HTPC experience, without the need for an HTPC, but that can be a tall order, so let’s see if Boxee pulled it off. Recently Boxee decided to bring their software to a dedicated hardware device, and the Boxee Box was born. For those who have never heard of Boxee, it is a cross platform Home Theater PC software that combines online content, local playback, all sprinkled in with some social networking. Probably one of the most hyped and anticipated media players this year is the Boxee Box.
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