This was inevitable but it seems Boxee has partnered with a consumer electronics manufacturer (I have my guesses as to whom) to manufacture a set top box running Boxee. If you are unfamiliar with Boxee, it is a “media center” application designed to be a media consumption dashboard for the living room.
Currently you need a PC or Mac to run it. I’ve been using it in my living room to test alongside Windows Media Center – the current leader in “living room” software.
Details from their announcement….
I am very happy to announce we have signed our first partnership with a CE company. At this point we can not say more about the partner or the specs of the device, but we can tell you we are working closely with them to make sure we deliver a great Boxee experience on it.
Over the next few years there will be a great change in the way we consume entertainment on our TV. The Internet is finally coming to the TV and with it will come a whole new world of content, applications and innovations.We are building Boxee as a platform that would:make it easy for users to consume and find content – no matter what the sourcegive content owners, aggregators, and developers the tools to create unique experiences with a variety of business modelsenable CE companies to enhance their Connected devicesThis will be the first connected device running Boxee, but the idea is to provide consumers with a way to get Boxee in their living rooms, no matter whether it’s on a Connected TV, game console, set-top box, BluRay player, computer, etc.Our goal is to be on every Connected device in the living room.We are very excited about the partnership and looking forward to sharing more at the event.
via Boxee Blog.
Boxee Video Walkthrough
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