Boxee May Seek Embedded Hardware Future
10:46 am, January 22nd, 2009, Ed Sutherland
The makers of the Boxee media center are reportedly investigating whether to emded its television streaming software in a variety of hardware, including game consoles.
“During CES we were approached by several device makers that wanted to speak with us about embedding boxee into existing or future products,” Avner Ronen wrote Thursday at the company’s blog.
Choosing a hardware solution would avoid requiring consumers either stream video from a computer or modify an Apple TV, a process that could interfere with using the Apple device to stream Netflix videos to your television.
Although embedding Boxee software is not in the near future, Ronen offered a poll, asking customers what hardware (set-top box, TV tuner, blu-Ray DVD, etc.) they would prefer and at what price.
In 2008, Boxee fixed their software after an update to Apple TV disabled the media streaming service. Boxee has received $4 million in venture funding from CBS, Netflix, Hulu and others.
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That’s ironic.
I JUST did a google search of “ps3 netflix”.
Seriously Sony…
You really dropped the ball here. Sony = FAIL. Oh, what’s that you say? Still getting your ass handed to you by XboX and Wii? Cry me a river, build a bridge, get over it and then let me watch netflix on your so called “media center”.
How much would I pay to have it now?… hm, well it might be the only reason I’ll buy an Apple TV so….
Church of Apple, on January 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Boxee doesn’t currently support netflix on the apple tv.
Pat, on January 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 pm