Anyone else got a D-LINK Boxee Box?

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dmshimself

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#73128 9-Dec-2010 22:24

Mine arrived at 4pm today. I offloaded the PS3 to youngest son and just listened to the silence ... Ahhhh.

Seems well put together and I quite like the remote.

tardtasticx

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#415308 9-Dec-2010 22:34

Yeh that remote is amazing. I've only seen it in reviews though. Is it easy to type on? Love the design of the boxee box itself.

richms

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#415326 9-Dec-2010 23:54

Im not getting one while they have that stupid case and a non IR remote.

Richard rich.ms

flynkiwi

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#415353 10-Dec-2010 07:07

How does it compaire to the PS3?

All I use my PS3 for is streaming media from my PC with PS Media Server so Interested to know if this is a good replacement?

dmshimself

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#415355 10-Dec-2010 07:18

I think the remote is a reasonable compromise. If you imagine typing on a blackberry style phone, it has that sort of feel. For me, I need my glasses like I do for reading :-)

The non-keyboard use was very easy using the normal Boxee menu.

The unit comes with an HDMI cable which was a pleasant surprise.

Ultra quiet and I haven't managed to break it yet :-)

dmshimself

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#415356 10-Dec-2010 07:24

flynkiwi: How does it compaire to the PS3?

All I use my PS3 for is streaming media from my PC with PS Media Server so Interested to know if this is a good replacement?

That's just what I did and why I bought one. The PS3 was too noisy, but can play blu-ray. In terms of content it plays more than the PS3 and qualify was just as good. I use PS3 media server to publish the content and the boxee box works fine. I had issues with current boxee software in this area, so D-LINK have put some uprated code in there to handle PNP better.

I can live without the BR player, especially as if I really needed it I have borrow rights on the PS3 still.

dmshimself

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#415357 10-Dec-2010 07:26

richms: Im not getting one while they have that stupid case and a non IR remote.

I like the case as it reminds me of a borg cube. YMMV.

We have a busy area near the TV so bluetooth for me was actually an advantage. I bet there will be third party add ons soon enough

dmshimself

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#415910 11-Dec-2010 16:55

Belay my previous positive comments. The unit now resets itself on a regular basis and even when navigating round the menu you only get about 30 to 60 secs before the whole thing resets itself back to the main menu.

I'll see how I get on with the support forums and I'm hoping I'm just unlucky.