![]() Also, several key services aren’t yet available even though the product is shipping Boxee says it will have Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Vudu streaming by the end of the year or early in 2011. Furthermore, the software didn’t always feel fully baked: The device froze and crashed a couple of times while I was testing it, particularly when I used Wi-Fi, which tends to be problematic for streaming media in my crowded downtown San Francisco neighborhood. ![]() Boxee allows Web-based streaming, but some TV networks are blocking their video content I couldn’t play CBS or NBC shows, although I was able to stream Fox and ABC programs and, the unit sometimes felt slow when rendering Web pages. Unfortunately, Boxee suffers from problems that we’ve seen on competitors, most notably the What distinguishes this streamer is its impressive range of Web video offerings, both free and paid a slick, videocentric user interface (elements of which you can try out on a PC or Mac by downloading Boxee’s free software) and an attractive industrial design that includes, besides the box itself, a petite, candy-bar-style remote. You connect the box to your TV using the included HDMI cable, and to your network wirelessly using 2.4GHz-band 802.11n Wi-Fi or ethernet. However, once connected to your HDTV, the Boxee Box works much like other set-top boxes that stream media from your network and the Internet to your TV.
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