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Boxee Sold To Samsung 128

Posted by timothy from the korean-volvo dept.
New submitter TheRecklessWanderer writes "Boxee, manufacturer of The Boxee Box and Boxee DVR as well as developer of the Boxee software, has been sold to Samsung. Boxee has had a hard time adapting to the quickly changing environment where appliances have converged with televisions (morphing into Smart TVs), and I'm sure Samsung is looking to integrate the software in some form or another into their smart TVs."
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  • Let me tell you about my Boxee Box... (Score:3, Interesting)

    by RobinH ( 124750 ) on Thursday July 04, 2013 @09:14AM (#44187359) Homepage
    I know this reflects more on DLink, but I got a Boxee Box when they first came out, and while the idea is really great, the implementation sucked. The Boxee Box frequently freezes or crashes and it's underpowered. The remote control is great that it has a keyboard on the back, but the cursor control for the mouse leaves a lot to be desired. A new version did help a bit, but it's still annoying. Add to that the fact that lots of apps just seem to stop working after a while (not updating their feeds, etc.). Some content just stops working (like CityTV?) apparently because Boxee won't update their version of flash player. Overall, neat idea but sucky experience. Next time I'd just build my own media PC, not buy an appliance.

  • Re:Smart TV? Help me understand... (Score:4, Interesting)

    by laffer1 ( 701823 ) <luke&foolishgames,com> on Thursday July 04, 2013 @10:02AM (#44187737) Homepage Journal

    As someone who owns a smart tv, an apple tv and a ps3, you're not confused. Smart TV features suck in TVs. They do update them periodically regardless if you want them to or not and the menus are awful to navigate. A few times, I've had to reboot my TV due to a flaky update. Buying a new $100 set top box is no big deal... I upgraded the original apple tv to a v2 some years back painlessly. I get a few years out of one and buy a new one when they actually add features I care about. With the TV, I don't want it to do much.. in reality i just want a monitor with a remote to turn it on and off. I don't use the tuner. I don't change the input source. It's all through my receiver and cable box. If anything, I want a dumb tv.

  • Comment removed (Score:3, Interesting)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Thursday July 04, 2013 @11:23AM (#44188247)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion

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