If the unusual slice of hardware lying before you looks somewhat familiar in terms of aesthetics, it’s because the Boxee Box casing was designed by the team at Astro Studios, which, it just so happens, have conjured up designs for the Xbox 360 gaming console and Dell’s Alienware PCs.
Quick, it\'s sinking! Image: D-Link/Boxee.
Constructed by the boffins at D-Link, the partially submerged tower of Boxee is an open-source set-top device that will happily shift all your favourite TV shows and movies from the Internet or an external hard drive directly to your waiting television – without a direct PC connection.
“The Boxee Box by D-Link takes the same popular [Boxee] software and offers it up as a great device – the perfect companion to a high definition TV,” outlines D-Link on its official Web site.
“The Boxee Box by D-Link provides access to more than just traditional TV content,” the site adds. “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… Pandora, last.fm, shoutcast, Flick, Picasa and Facebook.”
Capable of playing any non-DRM media, the Boxee Box comes with an RF remote control, an HDMI port for easy HDTV connectivity, SPDIF high-definition audio through Dolby 5.1 Sound and DTS, Stereo Audio (RCA), Ethernet for wired connections, Wi-Fi 802.11n for wireless, and two USB ports for use with external devices such as hard drives.
More details regarding the Boxee Box, including its currently estimated price point of around $200 USD, will likely be tied down during January’s upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Interested in a more interactive TTH? Join our Facebook Group Want regular updates from The Tech Herald? Follow us on Twitter
Advertising
Comment on this Story