Boxee Box now shipping, Netflix and Hulu Plus coming soon
- Thursday, 11 November 2010 16:05
Boxee announced Thursday that its Boxee Box—a set-top box for streaming video content built in collaboration with D-Link—is on like Donkey Kong now available in 33 countries. While the device is launching with an impressive array of access to online sources and compatibility with numerous codecs, the company also promised that Netflix and Hulu Plus support would be coming in the near future.
The Boxee Box hardware is built on the same Atom-based platform as Google TV, and runs Boxee's eponymous media center software. The device sells for $199, making it more expensive than Apple TV or Roku XD|S but still cheaper than Google TV options from Logitech or Sony.
