Who out there is tired of satellite, what with the ever-changing rates, dropping channels simple cable has and those god-awful commercials? One may consider first checking Boxee TV, a web-based television platform that can save money and get a ton of the same programming.
Box links to Wi-Fi for streaming
There are a ton of boxes you can choose from that connect with Netflix, Hulu and more and have some kind of DVR function for recording. You just have to hook the box up to Wi-Fi, and you start challenging satellite and cable companies.
There's a new one coming out called Boxee Television, according to Time magazine, which takes a slightly different approach. Boxee Television has existed before. The company launched a streaming Television box a couple years back that failed miserably. However, the new one works a bit different, in that it utilizes cloud storage for DVR recordings.
The new Boxee Television also is not terribly costly, beginning at $99 for the box. Adding DVR services is $14.99 per month, which is more than some competing models but much less than it would cost with satellite or cable.
Use it with basic cable
Consumers can use the Boxee TV as a DVR box since it has a cable port. It can also be used to pick up NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, CBS and other publicly broadcast stations because it has an antenna. It has apps on it for YouTube, Pandora, VUDU, Netflix, Vimeo and more.
According to CNET, Boxee TV is great because it does not have an on-board memory and does not call for an external hard drive like other boxes require, such as the newly released Simple.TV. The system does not allow for pausing programs while watching them live on TV, but it does have a dual-code DVR recorder and can record two things at once.
That said, unlike DVR systems that are hampered by the memory, cloud storage is unlimited. However, getting the DVR service does cost the $14.99 monthly fee, though that's hardly enough to send an individual out for short term loans to cover.
Only some towns at first
The DVR services on the Boxee Television are pretty exciting, but only some towns have access to it at the moment, though the company does have promises to expand that in the next year, according to TG Daily. The service is offered in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago, New York and Los Angeles at the moment.
Everyone else can only use it as a streaming device, until DVR services are available everywhere. At that it fails, since other set-top boxes for those who want to cut the cord are much cheaper and have more or the same streaming native apps.
Box links to Wi-Fi for streaming
There are a ton of boxes you can choose from that connect with Netflix, Hulu and more and have some kind of DVR function for recording. You just have to hook the box up to Wi-Fi, and you start challenging satellite and cable companies.
There's a new one coming out called Boxee Television, according to Time magazine, which takes a slightly different approach. Boxee Television has existed before. The company launched a streaming Television box a couple years back that failed miserably. However, the new one works a bit different, in that it utilizes cloud storage for DVR recordings.
The new Boxee Television also is not terribly costly, beginning at $99 for the box. Adding DVR services is $14.99 per month, which is more than some competing models but much less than it would cost with satellite or cable.
Use it with basic cable
Consumers can use the Boxee TV as a DVR box since it has a cable port. It can also be used to pick up NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, CBS and other publicly broadcast stations because it has an antenna. It has apps on it for YouTube, Pandora, VUDU, Netflix, Vimeo and more.
According to CNET, Boxee TV is great because it does not have an on-board memory and does not call for an external hard drive like other boxes require, such as the newly released Simple.TV. The system does not allow for pausing programs while watching them live on TV, but it does have a dual-code DVR recorder and can record two things at once.
That said, unlike DVR systems that are hampered by the memory, cloud storage is unlimited. However, getting the DVR service does cost the $14.99 monthly fee, though that's hardly enough to send an individual out for short term loans to cover.
Only some towns at first
The DVR services on the Boxee Television are pretty exciting, but only some towns have access to it at the moment, though the company does have promises to expand that in the next year, according to TG Daily. The service is offered in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago, New York and Los Angeles at the moment.
Everyone else can only use it as a streaming device, until DVR services are available everywhere. At that it fails, since other set-top boxes for those who want to cut the cord are much cheaper and have more or the same streaming native apps.
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