just a word of thanks

[larrydavis]

This software is truly awesome. Even for alpha it's stable, relatively fast, and mostly bug free. It's totally usable already.

It makes my AppleTV something more than Apple has promised. Apple promised a lot but by charging a significant amount for content, and by not allowing me to use my own content easily, it's become a paperweight. Sure, I rent a movie maybe once every couple months, but that's it.

Boxee makes the AppleTV much more than the sum of its Apple parts. I love Hulu. The concept of exchanging ads for free TV makes sense (hey, that's how I grew up, way before cable). I will gladly sit through ads to watch my favorite shows and movies. The same goes for other content providers.

Where they fail, however, is that it has been limited to my computer, which sucks. Why would I want to watch TV on my computer? In a web page?

Boxee has finally freed me of all those chains. My AppleTV sees actual use. Playback ain't to shabby. And I can watch all those nice streaming sites on my TV, where they belong.

Thanks to the XBMC team and the Boxee team. I am excited to see where this will go. I see a bright future given the capabilities and the social aspect. Imagine an inexpensive Linux set top box (since AppleTV is technically a hack). Perhaps Roku will re-think their Netflix box and make a Boxee capable version someday. Perhaps Netflix will rethink their limitations and work with Boxee.

So thanks. Thanks for doing something that should have been done by the big boys a long time ago!

[agentlame]

you know... i spend a lot of time on the forums (read: spam the forums). solely because of that i read a lot of bug reports, feature requests, and questions about boxee.

while i have nothing to do with the awesomeness that is boxee, your post still made my day. (not that i'm negating people's legitimate issues)

i'm glad to see you enjoying boxee as much as i do. cheers to not running into any experience-inhibiting bugs. :)

[tsella]

thank you! this post makes all worth while :)

[orbital318]

I also have to chime in and say thanks for making this. I can't wait to see what the future holds for Boxee!

[webman2k]

In for a thanks as well. I can't believe this is only alpha :) It's because of your hard work that I no longer have to spend hours re-encoding video, have access to comedy central and hulu, and I'm sure there's more to come. This IS the future of television, and you guys are making it a reality.

So, Thank You!

[iBog]

I completely agree with the praise. How can a company like Apple, with so many resources, fuck up the Apple TV so badly?

To think that it took a small 9but incredibly talented) startup like Boxee to get it right. I think Boxee is showing others how to really innovate.

Keep up all the amazing work.