Boxee Box Pre-Orders Start At $229

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Boxee Box Pre-Orders Start At $229

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 13, 2010 @04:12AM from the a-little-late-i-think dept.

Engadget is reporting that Boxee is taking pre-orders at $229 for their set-top box that is utterly guaranteed to not fit into any stereo component rack you might have. They also have switched chipsets from the Tegra 2 to the CE4100. I'm not sure about this thing, but I'd sure like to play with one as I lust for the day when every piece of media I have can be played from a single device. I suspect it'll never happen.

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My god. by Beelzebud · 2010-09-13 04:18 · Score: 2, Funny

Design Fail! They need to fire whoever green lit that design...
1. Re:My god. by ciderbrew · 2010-09-13 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'm sure "they" asked for 3 designs. So the designer did just that.
  1st) Designer pretentious wank, (The one he loved).
  2nd) Standard Corporate Beige (the one they'll pick).
  3rd) An awful one (they'll never want this one).
  
  Management/"they" didn't like the pretentious one; but didn't want to be seen playing safe with the 2nd one. So what could they pick? The 3rd mental design.
  Never design a "they'll never want this one" - They always want that one..
2. Re:My god. by rigorrogue · 2010-09-13 06:34 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  A design so bad it's not even wrong, it looks like it's sinking into the floor in self-disgust.
  
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if you can't make it small by mevets · 2010-09-13 04:27 · Score: 3, Funny

make it very big. medium size impresses no one. Think how important you will feel if you have to replace your TV stand just to accommodate this.....
Le Sigh by Conception · 2010-09-13 04:35 · Score: 2, Funny

*glances at my popbox*
*sighs*
Re:It's not a settop box and it's not a setbottom by TheKidWho · 2010-09-13 04:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Tell that to the mainframe guys.
Re:It's not a settop box and it's not a setbottom by Corporate+Troll · 2010-09-13 05:00 · Score: 2, Funny

the whole console can be out of site.
Where in a rackmount in a datacenter? Ooooh, you mean "out of sight".
That said, I'd like to have a bluetooth remote for my (future) HTPC... Can you get anything like it, I searched a bit but didn't find anything. Most seems to be infra-red and using a cellphone isn't ideal.
Re:It's not a settop box and it's not a setbottom by longhairedgnome · 2010-09-13 05:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Behind the tinfoil

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Re:Design fail by CyberDragon777 · 2010-09-13 06:15 · Score: 2, Funny

This happens when you combine the Weighted Storage Cube and Alien acid blood.

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Re:The Anti-Slashvertisement? by operagost · 2010-09-13 07:21 · Score: 4, Funny

Not rectangular. Bigger than a Nomad. Lame.

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