Boxee Box, unveiled at CES 2010, is a “box” of sorts that will allow end users to connect to their social networks and stream video right from their recliner in on a huge HD screen. Easily connect to the internet with Boxee Box and watch what you want to when you want to, whether it be TV show, movies and videos or checking in with friends on Facebook and Twitter.
From this screen shot navigation looks simple and intuitive.
Boxee Box is simple in design and has an HDMI output for easily connecting to your HD TV. Use the optical audio or RCA outputs to connect to your home theater reciever. The other ports are Ethernet, 2 USB Ports and an SD Cart Slot. Boxee Box also supports WiFi (802.11n).
The RF remote has a full function QWERTY keyboard.
Press Release
LAS VEGAS, CES Booth 36232, South Hall, LVCC, Jan. 5, 2010 – D-Link
made lots of geeks and early adopters happy today by introducing the
revolutionary Boxee Box by D-Link, winner of the CES Best of
Innovations award in the Home Entertainment category.
The Boxee Box by D-Link reinterprets what TV should be. The Boxee Box
delivers movies, TV shows, music, and photos from a user’s computer,
home network, and the Internet to their HDTV with no PC needed.
Additionally, Boxee’s core social features make it easy for friends to
discover new content from each other through social networks like
Facebook, Twitter, and more.
Internet Entertainment
Boxee is a popular PC, Mac, and Linux software program that lets users
watch hundreds of thousands of popular TV shows and movies. Instead of
sifting through millions of confusing Web sites, when users search on
Boxee, TV shows and movies are delivered to them with the click of a
remote control. Nearly a million Internet users around the world have
already downloaded Boxee to enjoy their online entertainment.
The Boxee Box by D-Link takes the same popular software and offers it
up as a great device — the perfect companion to a high definition TV.
The Boxee Box by D-Link provides access to more than just traditional
TV content. It includes a huge library that spans the Internet, such
as university courses, panel discussions, academic lectures,
presentations, web-only videos and more from TED, Stanford, FORA.tv,
Kid Mango, Next New Networks and others. Boxee also makes it easy for
users to add their own favorite entertainment sources with simple RSS
or XML feeds available for most online video.
In addition to video content, Boxee users can access great music from
sites like Pandora, last.fm, shoutcast, and We are Hunted as well as
stunning photos from sites like flickr, Picasa and Facebook.
Personal Entertainment
For entertainment lovers who have built their own collections of
digital media stored on their computer hard drive or home network,
Boxee automatically identifies their content and downloads relevant
cover art, synopses, reviews, subtitles, lyrics and more. This
feature turns boring files and folders into beautiful media libraries
that make it simple and appealing to navigate a collection of favorite
movies, TV shows, and playlists with a simple remote. Furthermore, the
Boxee Box by D-Link has extensive format support (see below) which
ensures that when users hit the play button, they get instant
gratification, with no need to download codecs or drivers. Also, with
built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi support, it can transfer files without delay
and from longer distances within a user’s home.
Social Features
The Boxee Box by D-Link keeps people connected with social features to
help users discover new content from friends, experts, and
tastemakers.
The first step to discovery is sharing, and Boxee makes this easy by
letting people recommend any playing content to friends. Additionally
Boxee automatically uses recommendations from a user’s Twitter and
Facebook friends so they can find new content and instantly enjoy it
on the big screen. Since anyone can build on top of Boxee’s open App
platform, users can craft their own truly custom experience by
creating or downloading plug-ins, add-ons, games, and more.
“We are pleased to partner with Boxee and to be the first with such a
ground-breaking device,” said Nick Tidd, vice president of sales of
D-Link Pan America and vice president of marketing for D-Link North
America. “This powerful device with its unique form factor truly
leverages Boxee’s service and is the best way for consumers to quickly
access the growing volume of Internet content, organize it and stream
it to their TVs and home entertainment centers.”
“D-Link’s successful track record in bringing to market, award-winning
digital home networking products, and its global marketing,
distribution and channel sales capabilities made them a great fit for
our first hardware vendor.” stated Andrew Kippen, vice president of
marketing for Boxee, “The Boxee Box by D-Link gives consumers what
they want – an easy way to watch Internet or personal entertainment in
their living rooms with a simple set-top box that costs under $200 and
has no monthly fees.”
The Boxee Box by D-Link is scheduled to ship in the first half of 2010
through the company’s vast network of retail and e-tail outlets, and
at D-Link’s online store, www.dlinkshop.com.
Supported Codecs & Formats
Boxee can be used to play/view practically all common multimedia
formats, including:
VIDEO:
Adobe Flash 10.1
H.264 (MKV, MOV)
VC-1
WMV
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
AVI
Xvid
Divx
PCM/LPCM
VOB
AUDIO:
MP3
WMA
WAV
AIFF
FLAC
AAC
DTS
Dolby Digital
Ogg Vorbis
PHOTO:
JPEG
TIFF
BMP
PNG
About D-Link
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small, medium and
large enterprise business networking. The company is an award-winning
designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital
electronics, voice, data and video communications solutions for the
digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium
Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With
millions of networking and connectivity products manufactured and
shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance
leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link Systems,
Inc. headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain
Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866)
743-4905; Internet www.dlink.com.
About Boxee
Boxee is the first “social” media center, whose free, downloadable
software and enabled devices are changing the way consumers experience
home entertainment. On a computer or on a dedicated device connected
to an HDTV, boxee gives users a simple way to bring all their
entertainment into one place including personal movies, TV shows,
music and photos, as well as streaming content from websites like
Netflix, MLB.TV, Pandora, Last.fm, and flickr. Users can also share
information about what they’re watching so friends can enjoy it too
through legal sources online. Nearly a million people use Boxee to get
their entertainment. Learn how you can join them at www.boxee.tv.
D-Link, Boxee Box by D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All
other third party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners. Copyright © 2009. D-Link. All Rights Reserved.
