Color us shocked and elated.
Boxee, the white-hot startup that has risen from
nothing to everywhere thanks to its internet TV software portal, has just announced that a deal has been inked between it and an undisclosed "hardware partner." If you'll recall, we actually heard that the outfit was
mulling the production of its own
set-top-box back in January, and now it looks like Roku, Apple TV and a host of other mini PCs will have yet another formidable rival vying for space underneath the tele. The firm isn't spilling any details whatsoever on the so-called "Boxee Box," but we are told that mockups and the like will be presented at the
Boxee Beta Unveiling on December 7th. Oh, and as if you aren't excited enough already, chew on this -- the company has informed us that they believe "this will be the first of several living room devices you'll see running Boxee in 2010," so don't be shocked if your favorite game console or Blu-ray player gains an embedded Boxee app in the near future.
posted Nov 12th 2009 11:48AM
Cool! Now only if it had a DVR interface, cable card slot and 3 or 4 tuners. Then I could get rid of my piece of shit Comcast / Motorola box.
Full Circle is already doing this, for free. It's a full console environment for your HTPC and includes Boxee, for free:
http://www.mechaworks.com/fullcircle/
Oh, and that whole bit about making your PC into an embedded gaming console, too. We're all for Boxee Box as an option, but it isn't the only option for bypassing Windows, and having a cheap HTPC/Boxee connector.