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D-Link Boxee Box (DSM-380) - $199 JB Hi-Fi

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D-Link Boxee Box (DSM-380) - $199 JB Hi-Fi
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madturbo123 on 14/06/2012 - 05:28 jbhifi.com.au (421 clicks)
Last edited 14/06/2012 - 11:04 by 1 other user

Overview

Introducing Boxee.

A lot of your favorite shows and movies are already available on the Internet.

Boxee is a device that finds them and puts them on your TV. It’s easy to use and even better, there’s no monthly fee.

No matter how you choose to get a Boxee, here’s what will make it special:

  • TV Shows
  • Movies
  • Apps
  • Watch Later
  • Social
  • Personal Files

Key Features

  • Get Instant Access To A Huge Library Of Streaming Movies
  • Play, Pause And Rewind Anytime
  • 1080p And Dolby Surround Sound
  • Networkable
  • DLNA
  • Network Streaming - Stream movies and Internet video to your HDTV
  • AC Powered

I bought this a couple of months ago for this price at a dse closing down sale and thought it was a good price, I stumbled across this and thought I'd share. My 2cents about the boxee box.

Pros are: Netflix, if you have an nba league pass you can view that on the boxee(with a little tweaking) free Hulu and bbc iview.

Cons: disappoint there is no premium Hulu support for the boxee

All in all have been very happy with the boxee Box.

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  • easternculture on 14/06/2012 - 06:13

    this box is a great media player … i owned one

    only drawback for me was it is very slow when using the keyboard supplied. I even tried a logitech dinovo Bluetooth keyboard ( YES, it works natively after you plug in the BT adaptor) and still the typing and mouse pad was lagging.

    So if your a person who likes speed, you probably wont like this.

    I also noticed it crashes alot too

    • kiwipride on 14/06/2012 - 06:24

      Latest update seems to have improved that for me.

  • ca6leguy on 14/06/2012 - 06:31
    -3

    $..99 no deal

  • 17833 on 14/06/2012 - 06:36

    Link is for $249?

  • madturbo123 on 14/06/2012 - 06:41

    Updated link… I saw this in store by the way and when I posted bargain I googled the link for jbhifi online and notice they had it on sale online aswell hence I added the link.. Hope thats all fixed.

    • rloone on 14/06/2012 - 08:37

      Link is still $249

  • BargainOmaniac on 14/06/2012 - 07:40

    How is it better than the $100 WDTV or Apple TV?

    • rloone on 14/06/2012 - 08:54

      Boxee is great. As indicated by kevron, it runs a form of XBMC, which is really great system. Support for a very large number of file types.

      I know people who have brought the Apple TV, gotten very frustrated with it's shortcomings and then brought a Boxee afterwards.

  • Queue2Queue on 14/06/2012 - 08:07

    I use the boxee software on a laptop and am quite happy with it.
    I would like the stand alone media player as the laptop is quite bulky.
    However with this being the same price as the xbox360, would that be the better option as a media player ?

  • Slakemoth on 14/06/2012 - 08:21
    +2

    We've been using a ps3 and a xbox360 to play our content and neither supports as many formats as we'd like, even with using transcoding software on our PCs with the PS3. We tried out a Boxee this weekend and are sold on it. The software it runs is actually a fork of xmbc, which is a really impressive media centre software package, does neat stuff like scan your sources and scrape TV show artwork/movie posters from the net for whatever content you have. It really has a lot of features for people who care enough to play with them, like it supports VPNs, so you can use things like Hulu in australia if you have a VPN.

    • StewBalls on 14/06/2012 - 09:26

      Does the Boxee fork support Live TV?

      I'm using XBMC myself on my Proliant, and as you say it's very impressive; but I'm finding lack of Live TV & support for DVB-T cards to be a bit of a pain!

      • rloone on 14/06/2012 - 09:30
        +1

        No it doesn't

        • StewBalls on 14/06/2012 - 09:47

          Cheers, thanks for that.

        • Slakemoth on 14/06/2012 - 10:16

          Yeah good call, we'll still be using the PS3's playTV for live TV.

    • sloshie on 14/06/2012 - 12:14

      A slight correction to the above - Boxee does NOT currently support Hulu - there is no app for Hulu and they have blocked the boxee browser from being able to use the service. Netflix, Spotify and most web video content work though.

  • madturbo123 on 14/06/2012 - 09:27

    xbox360 doesnt always play all my local media, doesnt play smb of my nas. yes vpns are handy but i haven't been able to get hulu plus on boxee.

  • matt777 on 14/06/2012 - 09:48

    Better to buy a mini pc IMO

  • Zidago on 14/06/2012 - 10:06

    I have a horrid Astone media player. God damn is it slow and clunky, but I love the hell out of it.

    • StewBalls on 14/06/2012 - 10:23
      +1

      AP-300 or 360? :p

      I have two AP-300's & love them too, despite agreeing on the clunkiness. It's a very rare file that they won't play even almost 3yrs on! One of mine just got replaced by my Proliant HTPC & will be given to a family member, but the other stays in the spare room for when I'm in the dog-house & need to hide from the wife! ;)

      A mate just bought an MP-310DT & I had a quick play with it the other day, the new interface is pretty slick & initial impressions are that they've fixed a few of the bugs from previous models & added a few worthwhile features! Not bad at all for a sub-$100 media player!

      • Zidago on 14/06/2012 - 12:33

        I have the Ap-300. You know that on the Astone forums the community is very active and the company constantly releases firmware update regularly? If there is a format it can't play, an update will usually fix that. Also it does make things a bit quicker too.

        • StewBalls on 14/06/2012 - 13:07

          Yep, the ongoing support & forums over there are pretty good for a lower end manufacturer. I remember reading that they've discontinued official support for the 300/360 unfortunately. I'm not sure what's happening in the homebrew world with these though, maybe someone is unofficially updating codecs etc? That would be nice! :)

  • mopo on 14/06/2012 - 10:14

    got one ages ago, pretty good albeit slow if you have 10tb of media..

  • Twisty on 14/06/2012 - 10:25
    +1

    I heasrd / Read the Boxee gets Cover Arts for all your movies on its own along with information about the movie too. This correct?

    I currently use Serviio on my Laptop and stream movies from that to my Sony Blu-Ray Player. Would Boxee be better?

    • aacheney on 14/06/2012 - 11:22
      +1

      yes it does, it is not too bad I have a xtreamer pro and I think it is better then that, but if it does not find the information it is a pain as you need to use the remote/keyboard to track it down. So I use Ember Media Manager to get the info.

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