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Lazydonkey
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by Lazydonkey » Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:18 am
Installed Boxee on my ubuntu 'puter last night and i've got to say i'm really impressed.
Seems a lot more commercial in look and feel than XBMC and looks like it will be my partner of choice gonig forward. Agree it's interesting times ahead, but if anything for me that pulls me away from dedicated streamer and makes me even happier about having a PC (and eventually net-top PC) based system so i'm ready fro whatever comes at me.
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....did i ever tell you about the Evora and VX220 i used to own?
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by Ferg » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:33 pm
Boxee is great, I've been using it for ages which kind of means I'm really fussy about a streamer's user interface. It's making looking for a good hardware solution difficult. The Boxee box uses a different version of Boxee than is available for download which actually doesn't have some of the layout features I use most of all. Bummer.
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by neil » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:27 pm
I'm liking the look of the Xtreamer. Looks better than the Boxee for what I need (composite output) and far cheaper. At £100 including the wifi its got to be a bit of a bargain.
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Lazydonkey
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by Lazydonkey » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:41 pm
campbell wrote:I nearly nearly bought a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo enclosure,
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This device is still on my radar.
Great piece of kit - i bought one on Ddtb's recommendation and it's been excellent. Sadly my TV isnt DLNA so i need an external device.
Focus ST estate, i3s and more pushbikes than strictly necessary.
....did i ever tell you about the Evora and VX220 i used to own?
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by Ferg » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:00 pm
neil wrote:I'm liking the look of the Xtreamer. Looks better than the Boxee for what I need (composite output) and far cheaper. At £100 including the wifi its got to be a bit of a bargain.
The iXtreamer is the one with the nice UI. I couldn't find an example showing the Xtreamer with the nice UI. If it got a firmware update for it incluiding the nice UI then it really would be a great piece of kit but as it stands it looks like you have to navigate folders and choose based on filename which isn't brilliant. I would love to be corrected as at the £100 price point, an Xtreamer doing what Boxee does UI wise would be great value.
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by campbell » Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:57 am
Lazydonkey wrote:campbell wrote:I nearly nearly bought a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo enclosure,
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This device is still on my radar.
Great piece of kit - i bought one on Ddtb's recommendation and it's been excellent. Sadly my TV isnt DLNA so i need an external device.
thanks for the endorsement
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by neil » Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:50 pm
Anyone know where I'll pick up a Boxee before Christmas? I've now ordered from 2 different places (Expansys and Cancom), and both were showing stock before they took my order. Nothings arrived so when I've checked their order status its showing awaiting stock - expected in 12 days.... any ideas?
Exige V6
but i'm sure it will run fine on the above.
