Boxee has announced that the latest upgrade to their primarily web-based media player will be the last to feature Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu Linux versions so they can concentrate their efforts on the Boxee Box and mobile clients.
They broke the news in the Boxee 1.5 announcement on their blog. Boxee 1.5, which adds a Live TV feature to the Boxee Box (with the purchase of a USB TV tuner) ... [ read the full article ]
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Okay,I didn't realized that everybody has just an abundance of parts laying around to slap together a HTPC...The fact is, we're not comparing apples to apples. We are indeed comparing Cadillacs to bicycles. No matter how top notch and hi-tech might be in its class, a bicycle is not meant to perform what a car can do.
if you want to compare BB for example and say "it's useless"--compare with something like WD devices, Popcorn, Patriot boxes...For what it was meant to do---and is just an opinion--I think is pretty sleek, works well, and has the edge on plenty of its competitors in the same class.
Thing is now that the computer can't run BOxee software it has one less thing it can do. It still might be better but the software was a very good option and will be missed bye me
Originally posted by cyprusrom: Okay,I didn't realized that everybody has just an abundance of parts laying around to slap together a HTPC...The fact is, we're not comparing apples to apples. We are indeed comparing Cadillacs to bicycles. No matter how top notch and hi-tech might be in its class, a bicycle is not meant to perform what a car can do.
if you want to compare BB for example and say "it's useless"--compare with something like WD devices, Popcorn, Patriot boxes...For what it was meant to do---and is just an opinion--I think is pretty sleek, works well, and has the edge on plenty of its competitors in the same class.
I wouldn't go so far as to say you shouldn't compare them, as long as you are clear about them being very different things. Neither is categorically better than the other. A set-top box is not for me because there isn't one that fits my (fairly unique) requirements. That's not to say I don't recommend them for some people, just that claiming set-top boxes are universally superior is just as silly as saying PCs are.
