Update for Boxee Box v1.0 is Available

[qbik]

Has anyone been able to update to 1.0 version?

[darcilicious]

Nope, not yet.

[g33kt0th4d]

Has anyone been able to update to 1.0 version?

I have updated as of 12:20pm EST to v1.0.1.16125 on the new Boxee Box

[joshmess]

I downloaded the it as well. Major downgrade from what was shipped.

[canuckle]

After my multi firmware message woes this morning, I did a factory restore and have much better stability with FW v1.0.1.16125 than I did with v1.0.1.16126.

When I check for an update, it states I have the latest at v1.0.1.16125. Did Boxee stop the 126 update from being pushed out? Anyone else still at v1.0.1.16125? I probably will wait a bit before I update and see what others say.

It seems like there is overscan issues with some of the apps where you'll get a blank screen when it goes to commercial, then you have to hit full screen and do the mouse click again to full screen again to get it back to full. Watching the Daily Show on Comedy Network the video will flake out when a commercial kicks in, then starts doing an overscan/stutter thing. I was surprised how good Conan looked in "full screen" on the Comedy Network, as the Daily Show is 4x3 and lots of artifacts. Networks would do better to include the adverts in the show stream or have a dedicated app instead of utilizing the browser. I don't mind the ads if the quality of the show is good and you don't have to mess about trying to get it to play consistently. Most likely something to do with ad rotation.

Question for the mods: Wouldn't it have been a good idea to have dedicated categories specifically for Boxee Box on the forum on Go-Live day?

Having software/box versions blended makes it awfully difficult to find things and results in the duplicate problem posts. I know you guys are doing great helping people and are probably ragged, but I'm just curious as to why this wasn't set up prior?

[cblank21]

This is total CRAPWARE! I've been using the AppleTV Boxee Hack for the past year or so, and was truly excited to get my Boxee Box in hopes of a faster experience. Installed the new upgrade this morning only to have it reboot into this user experience that looks like a 4yo created it! I will hold onto the Boxee Box for another week or two in hopes that Boxee gets its act together and reverts back to the intuitive and useful interface of yesterday, or back to Amazon.com the Boxee Box goes!

[gulagosphere]

Please provide DOWNgrade fw sticky or provide micro upgrade for user's choice interface

Had I received a 1.0 fw boxee box I would have returned it!!

Knowing what I have lost I am hopefully expectant.


blocking "upgrades" at the firewall appliance is a wee bit irksome

[Bathroomninja]

blocking "upgrades" at the firewall appliance is a wee bit irksome

Agreed. But thanks for the instructions Nall.

[luckwouldhaveit]

Well my user experience is simply
- I opened box and connected up
- logged in and all the same as what I saw on my PC (cool)
- played around with that and get the shares going
- happy with that so far as I am a Eurolander and online content is slow at the mo.
- Apps are good
- Watched some stuff. It's even family friendly
- THEN
- forced update
- Boo hoo
- boring corporate grey appears and not so family friendly (when I say family friendly, I mean Wife friendly as she has a low low threshold for clunkyness)
- Lost features like, watched and genres for local content
- Back up nearly does what it is meant to, but not all the way back to home. This makes the Home screen pretty much bypassed.

Ohhhhh...... next update better be quick or rollback please. Then go into Beta versions for the love of God and keep the Boxee as stable as possible. This is meant to be opening Boxee up to the mass consumer and v0.9 does, but v1.0 doesn't. It's like a boring Philips menu....

You should see the UPC cable menus..... Blaaggghhh.... Those guys should get Boxee to work on their stuff.

Ok rant nearly over and I know not necessaryily the right place, but it just kept going.

I loved the gloss of v0.9. It was truly inspiring and way better than Apple TV.

[werntonb]

Has anyone been able to update to 1.0 version?

Just going to update the 1.0 version.