Comments on: Boxee TV Review

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:58:00 +0000

My boxetv gets really hot too they need to support streaming from shares…

By: Eric Collyer

Eric Collyer — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:01:00 +0000

Even though this is largely negative, I am still standing beside boxeetv. This box is much better than the boxee box at its release, and look how far they have come with that (until they suddenly stopped). I am sad that it is likely there will never be Amazon VOD or Hulu plus (Competitors to Vudu, a Walmart owned company), but I have a bit of faith. It is still the cheapest stand alone box that has netflix and a DVR wrapped into one nice little package.

By: rentboy

rentboy — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Actually, you have until 15 days after Dec. 26 to return it. Wal Mart has a special holiday return policy for anything purchased after Nov. 1.

By: Clint Moyer

Clint Moyer — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:44:00 +0000

Standalone ATSC tuners are hard to come by, but many of us with projector home theaters and OTA TV need one (or more). I’ve been getting by with a Samsung tuner for many years but it’s seriously lacking in many respects.Even if the Boxee TV serves that purpose alone, I’ll feel I got my money’s worth.

By: baas3

baas3 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:09:00 +0000

I think of this box as more an enhanced digital TV converter box.

I wasn’t impressed with D-Link going with an IR remote instead of the QWERTY radio remote of the Boxee Box. At first I though I was having remote problems until I read “point remote at device”(?). I’m not use to pointing a remote at equipment since I’ve had a home automation system installed which uses radio remotes years ago.

I didn’t have issues during setup, but it would be better if the setup could be done completely from the device.

Since I usually use Hulu for my TV program viewing this box will allow me to record some shows and not have to wait for usual Hulu availability delay, I’ll continue to use my BoxeeTV. As it is now the BoxeeTV ISN’T a replacement for my Boxee Boxes without having more apps and network media playback.

By: RoofusKit

RoofusKit — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Great review, but I’m guessing you’re getting such stellar support because so few people actually have Boxee TVs right now.

By: Zap Branighan

Zap Branighan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:55:00 +0000

I’m also going to return my Boxee TV. There were a few things that I did not like:

-You can’t power it down without turning off the power. There is also no sleep mode. My unit also gets very hot. This to me means that it is wasting a lot of electricity.

-Cloud DVR playback was very choppy. I have a 20Mbs Time Warner Cable connection and the video playback was very bad. I couldn’t watch a show for more then 10 seconds without some kind of stuttering or buffering issues. The Netflix app on the Boxee TV did not have this issue. Also the quality wasn’t very good. It was noticeably worse than the live HD feed.

-I could not pause live TV.

I’m back on my Windows 7 MCE HTPC

By: Justin Garrison

Justin Garrison — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:53:00 +0000

My unit was not free and Wal Mart has a 15 day return policy for electronics. I have already returned my unit and am investing the money in my HTPC.

By: uhnoneemus

uhnoneemus — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:04:00 +0000

GREAT review. My sentiments exactly. Well… you are a bit more positive than I am, but I don’t disagree with you. I am a Boxee loyalist and I’m holding back my negative reviews… for now. My unit was free, so they have at least earned my patience. But their credits are expiring rapidly… all the more whenever I decide to give that hot box from hell under my TV “one more try”.

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:49:00 +0000

Nice Review. Too bad I saw it after I placed the order. I’m in the process of returning mine. You are right, it gets super hot too. I’m not surprised though based on the size, TV Tuners always produce a fair bit of heat. The tuner is indeed super quick, I was impressed. In fact all the apps are impressive in their speed relative to competition. I’m returning it though because without networked media indexing and playback this thing is worthless to me. I have been waiting for a better BoxeeBox but I guess I need to find an HTPC that handles Netflix in HD.