Boxee hosted an event Monday night at a club in Brooklyn, where the social entertainment platform joined forces with D-Link for the "Boxee Box" Internet-connected set-top box.
The "Boxee Box" has an odd, "sunken cube" shape, just shorter than a soda can, which Boxee executives said was designed to stand out from the crowd. The hardware was designed by Astro, who was also responsible for the design of the Xbox 360 and Alienware's computers. Naturally, it connects to the Boxee service, which itself connects to the Web and allows viewing of movies and video from several sources, stream audio from Pandora, and view Facebook and Twitter feeds.
According to Zach Klein, Boxee's chief product officer, the Boxee Box will be demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, where it has already won a "Best of Innovations" award, according to the company. Klein said that the goal was for the Boxee-branded D-Link device to cost about $200 when it ships during the second quarter of 2010.
The Box lacks an internal hard drive, but includes a pair of external USB connections. HDMI and composite video connections are included. Users can surf the Web via an included browser, but doing so won't be a great experience for users, Boxee executives admitted. Read more
The "Boxee Box" has an odd, "sunken cube" shape, just shorter than a soda can, which Boxee executives said was designed to stand out from the crowd. The hardware was designed by Astro, who was also responsible for the design of the Xbox 360 and Alienware's computers. Naturally, it connects to the Boxee service, which itself connects to the Web and allows viewing of movies and video from several sources, stream audio from Pandora, and view Facebook and Twitter feeds.
According to Zach Klein, Boxee's chief product officer, the Boxee Box will be demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, where it has already won a "Best of Innovations" award, according to the company. Klein said that the goal was for the Boxee-branded D-Link device to cost about $200 when it ships during the second quarter of 2010.
The Box lacks an internal hard drive, but includes a pair of external USB connections. HDMI and composite video connections are included. Users can surf the Web via an included browser, but doing so won't be a great experience for users, Boxee executives admitted. Read more
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