This is an exciting new product designed to bring Internet TV to the TV screen. For me the TV is still the place I want to watch TV content – not my PC – call me old fashioned!
But it’s not yet clear if/when this will arrive in the UK…
Is this finally the consumer electronic device to bring online content to the living room?
Software creator Boxee announced the launch of its new dedicated hardware device aptly named the The Boxee Box. Designed by Astro Studios and built by D-Link, maker of networking equipment, the device is scheduled to hit shelves sometime in the 2nd quarter of 2010 for around $200 in the US.
Competitively priced against the AppleTV, The Boxee Box includes: one HDMI port, an SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, and an ethernet jack, while supporting video content from a variety of online sources such as TED, Stanford, FORA.tv, Kid Mango, Next New Networks and more. There is still no word though on the internal hardware powering the device or if the device will be sold outside of the US market.
However access to the Beta will not be available to the public until 7 January 2010 where Boxee will make a further release announcement at CES.
Tags: online TV, online video
