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Boxee Box is one of several devices on the market that allows you to enjoy the video and web content accessible via your home broadband connection on a more convenient screen, namely your TV. Other options in this area include the Apple TV and the Goog...
With the best parts of this media player hobbled and a poor experience with those parts that do work, we really can't recommend the Boxee Box. However, US reviewers claim recent firmware updates on hardware configured for use in North America have made...
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D-Link’s Boxee box, also known by the catchy moniker of DSM-380, is aimed at a sector of the market that’s quite important in the US – streaming online media – but somewhat less so in the UK right now. Media container? D-Link's Boxee box It’s essential...
As a player for local media, Boxee excels – but so it should, for £200, when there are products that can do as well for half the price. For UK users, the IP TV functionality really isn’t good or broad enough to justify the extra price. ® More AV Gear...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2011-07-31 04:21:42
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D-Link's Boxee Box has plenty going for it. It's easy to set up, provides quick and easy access to a wide range of popular TV shows and comes in a neat little package. With support for a wide range of formats, it also works well as a media streamer fo...
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Following its announcement at CES 2010, anticipation of the Boxee Box’s release has been high amongst the many media lovers in the world. It’s unique external design, powerful hardware which promises to play anything you can throw at it, as well as sof...
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There's been a lot of buzz about the Box online, which, given this product's background, is perhaps unsurprising. The Boxee Box you see before you is in fact the first physical incarnation of the Boxee software that has been available for your PC for s...
Huge array of content, supports almost every main file type, nice design, remote...
Not for rookies, confusing interface, flat sound, cumbersome setup...
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computeractive.co.uk Updated:
2011-07-31 04:21:45
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If you have lots of music and video files stored on a computer, one way to play them on your main TV is to use a dedicated media streamer.Another is to attach a laptop to the TV, or to buy a separate ‘home entertainment' computer and have that permanen...
Plays almost any type of media from PC or the web; doesn't require a PC; small and quiet...
Hopeless remote control; impenetrable menu system; poor adultcontent filter; expensive; HDMIonly video output...
A good concept, but a frustrating overall experience. Expert users might appreciate its capabilities, but others will struggle to get to grips with it...
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T3.com Updated:
2011-07-31 04:21:45
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The D-Link Boxee is a dedicated service for on-demand TV, but unlike Apple TV, it’s open source, pulling together content from a range of content providers. Boxee is the name of the software and the company has collaborated with D-Link on the hard...
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The recent revamp of the £99 Apple TV looked like the perfect media-streaming device – except Apple unforgivably forgot to permit enough content into its walled garden to make its box of delights worthwhile. So with video flooding in from sources such as...
A feature-packed and versatile media streamer, but bugs and glitches mar the experience...
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Product Code: DSM-380 The Boxee Box by D-Link set-top box offers streaming with style and does a great job of making video from diverse sources accessible. The Boxee Box arrives on the market after a long wait, and the streaming landscape it enters h...
Overall, the Boxee Box by D-Link promises to be a great addition to a connected home - once it implements all of its premium service offerings and fixes the bugs. I like the petite, two-sided remote (although a backlight would have been nice for the k...
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If Apple TV is beautiful but shallow, and Western Digital's WD TV Live Hub comprehensive but complex, can D-Link's long awaited Boxee Box strike a perfect balance of the two? Pretty much… First previewed way back in December 2009 , this is one media play...
So as a user experience the Boxee Box fits squarely between the Apple TV and WD TV Live Hub: not quite as slick as the former, more intuitive than the latter. The good news is from this point onwards it starts to excel. Western Digital's WD TV range used...
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techradar.com Updated:
2011-07-31 04:21:55
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We'll tell you the truth – we were really looking forward to seeing the D-Link Boxee Box. A previous demo we'd seen was definitely favourable, while in terms of style and power we were looking forward to something that could better the recently-revampe...
Vast codec support, Smart and slick interface, Good remote, Great design...
Plenty of bugs, Some playback problems, Too costly...
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electricpig.co.uk Updated:
2011-07-31 04:21:55
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The Boxee Box first snared our interest at CES in January. Almost a year has passed since then, and yet it’s held our fickle affections remarkably well. That’s partly down to its odd design, but mostly due to the chipper folks at Boxee itself.Begun...
Web TV sources corralled for our viewing pleasure, perfect local playback, that awesome remote.
Flash instabilities spoil the fun for everyone...
Much more than a TV streamer or local playback machine: It’s not without its rough edges, but we love the Boxee Box all the same...
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Tweet We’ve been tracking the Boxee Box by D-Link since its first appearance at CES in Las Vegas in January 2010. Now 11 months on, the Boxee Box, a media streamer to take on the likes of Apple TV, Roku, and Google TV is here and ready to plug into yo...
1080p support, stream content from lots of different places, supports video, music and photo, can stream from SD card, USB drive, NAS drive, internet...
Interface could be better in places, can't rent movies or TV shows in the same easy way as iTunes, browser very basic...
This is the best of the bunch giving you plenty of content and ways of easily getting content to your TV...
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We're used to seeing media streamers with basic text interfaces, but D-Link has done something different with the Boxee Box: it uses the well-known Boxee. If you haven't seen it, Boxee is a free media centre application that's designed to be shown on a...
It supports tons of file formats and has access to hundreds of online services, but playback can stall and a couple of bugs prevent it from getting top marks...
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gadgetguy.com.au Updated:
2011-11-04 14:03:06
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For years, hardcore media-streamer PC hacker tinkerer types have scoffed at Apple TV’s limited feature set and built themselves Linux-based miniPCs that get a massive range of media formats to your TV at full 1080p. Now, DLink has backed a one-time ma...
Good build quality; Great remote; Lots of features;...
Glitchy and fiddly; Most compelling services not available in Australia;...
To the tech-savvy uber geek, the Boxee Box is one of the best media players on the market today. It’s powerful, well-made, has a great remote and piles and piles of features. Sure, you can’t integrate it into a media rack thanks to its rather self-con...
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pcauthority.com.au Updated:
2011-11-04 14:03:10
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The Boxee Box is like Apple TV blown wide open, streaming media to your TV from all corners of the net – and your computer. With performance theoretically approaching Blu-ray standards, it has the potential to be the ultimate entertainer.Setup a snapGe...
D-Link’s Boxee Box marries streaming with local media player capabilities – but can it down the Apple TV?...
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The D-Link Boxee Box is a stylish little media streaming device that has been designed to run the Boxee interface software. The D-Link Boxee Box can be connected to your TV using HDMI and it supports Full HD playback. The beauty of the Boxee Box is t...
HD streaming, two USB ports, SD card slot, support for online video streams, RF remote control, HMDI cable included...
Geographic location limits the amount of online content that can be viewed...
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hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2012-01-11 01:04:37
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A.C. Ryan are back with the next model in the Playon!HD family, the Essential. With an all new Realtek processor, improved GUI and feature-set aimed at no-fuss operation can the Essential live up to the high standards of previous models?...
We approached the Boxee Box with some trepidation. To start with it took us some time to work out what it is actually called but having read the available literature, set the device up and given it a good shake we came to the realisation that the softw...
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D-Link’s media server, Boxee, is a strange-looking device that brings content from all over the web into one easy-to-navigate place. It’s got TV shows, movies, and apps that provide even more video content, and there’s almost a lifetime’s-worth of cont...
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The Boxee Box is somewhat like the Apple TV in that it lacks any onboard storage. However, it does have the distinct advantage of having two USB ports, so you can add external storage to the device should the need arise. As well as the USB ports there’...
Fantastic online services; great user interface; decent remote control; option to add local storage...
Not many movies yet; minor bugs, like sites not showing full-screen video...
The Boxee Box by D-Link is a great compromise if you already have plenty of content stored on hard disk and want to easily show it on your television, with the added benefit of a slick interface and internet content that's totally free...
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Boxee Box acts as a conduit between your TV and an unrestricted universe of online entertainment including movies, TV shows, music and photos. It also lets you share your favourite content via Facebook and Twitter. Also available as a free software downlo...
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The Boxee Box could be regarded as a hybrid product. D-Link, the source of this particular offering, has combined the free Boxee media software with its own hardware kit in order to offer the user a solution to the conundrum of creating a home-based me...
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The remote seems brilliant: the double-sided design fits neatly in the palm and features a simple clicker-based cursor/controller on one side, plus a full QWERTY keypad on the other. In practice, there are moments when you’ll be juggling between the t...
Easy setup. Format friendly. Double-sided remote design. Wealth of content at fingertips...
Hanging Wi-Fi. Less-than-slick content viewer. Fan noise can be irritating...
Packed with features and content, and excellent when it works, but glitches and usability issues let it down...
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apcmag.com Updated:
2014-03-20 01:29:41
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The Boxee is a network media player done right, with one or two caveats. In contrast to the rough efforts of many if its competitors, D-Link has built a great-looking device that provides an elegant experience for both local and internet media playback...
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avhub.com.au Updated:
2014-05-31 01:16:22
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If you want to enjoy the best in online video, from both home and abroad, D-Link's Boxee Box packs a few surprises which could make it your dream lounge room companion.It should be remembered that Boxee itself is software, not hardware; it had its roots i...
So what's the verdict? If all you want to do is stream files around your home, then there are cheaper options at your disposal. The same if all you want to do is enjoy Australian catch-up TV services.But the Boxee Box offers all this and much more, with t...
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D-Link created quite a stir in the AV scene when they first hinted at developing a media box two years ago. If you recall, initial rumors about the Boxee's hardware centered mainly on NVIDIA's Tegra 2 during the early stages. In a Shyamalan-like twist, it...
Boxing DayHaving come this far with D-Link's Boxee, we have to admit that the media cube left us with mixed feelings. It isn't simply a media tank with basic playback facilities. Fundamentally, it enables you to stream, surf, view and listen to a broad ra...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2016-11-24 02:06:21
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I’ve been following up on the D-Link Boxee Box for a very long time- almost ever since it was announced over a year back. After many delays and a hardware switch, the box was finally released a couple of months back. Luckily, I found one at the local S...
Simple and beautiful interface, awesome looking box and easy to use...
A bit pricey, isn't a fully mature solution with frequent crashes...
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