At CES Boxee revealed more details on the upcoming Netflix-ready Boxee Box, including a Nvidia Tegra 2 video chip (full-screen 1080p streaming), Flash 10.1 support, and 802.11n WIFI. Once I get my hands on the Boxee I'll post a full review.
One of the more interesting innovations from Boxee is the unique remote with a keyboard on the bottom:
If you're interested in playing with the Boxee software you can download the public beta.via Engadget.
But will the new Boxee set-top actually display Netflix streaming content? The current software only supports Netflix on Mac OS X and Windows computers, not linux.
Posted by: Seth Johnson | January 11, 2010 at 11:03 PM
The Boxee box appears to be more of an appliance than a computer, so it's comparable to the Roku Netflix player, which also runs Linux under the covers.
Posted by: Rich | February 18, 2010 at 02:11 PM