Boxee Box Tricked Me! It's Terrible Junk!

[LocalMediaFan]

So I bought this box the play movies I have on my computer mkv etc. I wanted a beautiful interface showing movie / TV show cover art which boxee could download etc and organize. I wanted to stream 1080p wirelessly from my network and I also wanted to see you tube in hi def and use the keyboard remote.

I think that's what most of us wanted and Boxee totally failed to deliver!

This junky box cant connect to my wireless network.
It will not recognize a 64 gig flash drive with movies on it but my o!play air does...
Even if I connect using Ethernet the movie titles that are web based take about 20 mins to load and look very poor.

I am going to return this mostly because I feel totally lied to and abused this is worse than the popbox!

[zorlan]

What the hell are you talking about man? Rant supreme! First of all, I can't believe you even own a 64GB flash drive. Second of all why would you ever expect web content to play like local content? You tube should not be the reason you bought the boxee box...period. Are you talking about watching all youtube content in high def? If you are...that is impossible. That content has to be recorded in hi def in order to watch it in hi def. I don't watch you tube, but my guess is most of you tube is not even in hi def....so how can you possibly blame the boxee box? Maybe its time for a network upgrade. Many people always want to blame the streamer for network problems, which is what I think you have... when in fact it is the ISP service, the router and modem, interference in the home...etc....

[LocalMediaFan]

What the hell are you talking about man? Rant supreme! First of all, I can't believe you even own a 64GB flash drive. Second of all why would you ever expect web content to play like local content? You tube should not be the reason to by the boxee box...period. Maybe its time for a network upgrade. Many people always want to blame the streamer when in fact it is either the ISP service or their router and modem. It could even be a combination of the two.

What the Hell am I am talking about? Seriously you are asking me that? I never said I wanted web content to play like local content so what the hell are u talkin bout? My network is perfect and I was looking for a product that worked better than the O!play Air. The Boxee box advertised it would when in fact it is an epic Fail...like your post...

[judgeschambers]

Well, I'd not be so harsh on him. Besides, it will just provoke additional rants. He is free to speak his mind on a first post and all. Though his post filled with "specifically vague" points. (disclaimer--don't mean that in a negative way)

Would be nice if there were more details explaining each issue in detail

[judgeschambers]

What the Hell am I am talking about? Seriously you are asking me that? I never said I wanted web content to play like local content so what the hell are u talkin bout? My network is perfect and I was looking for a product that worked better than the O!play Air. The Boxee box advertised it would when in fact it is an epic Fail...like your post...

zorlan,

See what I mean....

[lukad]

Not to sound like an elitist or anything, but given the infancy of web tv on the whole, many consumers will be sorely disappointed when they come to understand the disconnect between the quality of content and the quality of the platform they're trying to access it on.

[growlf]

He actually used the Boxee Beta on a real machine (I have it on a 2010 Mac Mini with whole house HDMI distribution) and knows what the experience could be.

Those who keep saying that this is somehow an acceptable user experience have quite obviously never run the boxee beta on a decent system. Better access to local media, way faster response, waaaay better online content streaming.

I wanted the Boxee Box because of screenshots that indicated it would support refresh rate switching based on the source material. The beta can't do this. The Boxee Box does allow it, but that's about the area where it doesn't come up way short against the beta.

[poodleranch]

I'm not a complainer by nature, and while I would not call the BB a piece of junk...I will say it has been a pretty mediocre, if not crappy first 24 hours.

1) Basic video problems out of the box (it would play audio, but no video). This took over an hour of first fussing with setting, finally talking to support and figuring out how to restore to factory settings, then letting it update (again) just to get bbasic videos working.

2) Content we had normally watched on the pc version; now not available.

3) Vieweing experience not very good with online content (pain in the @ss to get full screen).

4) Apps we were used to not being there (NPR where are you?.

5) Can't maintain a stable connection to local media on a OS X Samba share (how frustrating is to connect, add the directory, only to have it show as disconnected).

So, ya, I am complaining. Pretty terrible out of the box experience for me. It appears that the period of time allowing for returns to Amazon is pretty generous, so I am willing to sit tight for a bit. But, if I end plugging in my laptop next to the BB to watch something....I will probably have steam exiting my ears.

(I could be partially appeased if someone...anyone...can figure out the file sharing challenges with OS X).

OK, breathing again, good to get this off my chest,.

[marcel]

thanks for the list we will go through this and try and fix it asap ..

[jmilum]

First of all, I can't believe you even own a 64GB flash drive.

I have one, but I am out of town and away from my bbox this weekend. I'll try to replicate this issue when I get home.