D-Link Boxee Box vs. Western Digital WD TV Live

[lovelove]

Hi folks.

What pros and cons does the D-Link Boxee Box have when compared to the WD TV Live?

Please make a list.
Many thanks.

[darcilicious]

See if this helps:

http://www.iboum.com/net-media-players.php

[lovelove]

Obtained from the link above:

+ more web services
+ web browser
+ Chipset Mhz: 1200 (WDTV: 500)
+ supported containers: ASF, DVR-MS
+ supported codecs: On2 VP6, DivX 3/4/5

- higher price $
- fan
- dimensions (volume)


What else?

[mdmccormick89]

Let's start off by saying I own one of each of these. They both play a ton of local content so if that was a big concern they would both do the job. Both play netflix and YouTube. Both use playon so u can access all the hulu videos for free. Boxee box has mlb.tv and nhl gamecenter but through playon the western djgital canplay those too. The reason I love the boxee box more is the web browser. Also the boxee box has wireless built in with the option of Ethernet the Wd live only has Ethernet except I have a wireless adapter in one of my usbs thay work great. I picked up the adapter on ebay for 14 dollars ans picked up a deal at staples for the Wd live plus for 50 bucks. You can hook up externals to both. It really all depends whar you want them for. My boxee box helped me cut cable saving roughly 70 a month. Any other questions let me know

[mdmccormick89]

And also both are expected to.get hulu plus by the end of the year.

[twistybox]

I only have experience with the previous generation of HD WDTV boxes... Does the newer WDTV product allow searching your local content? Does it keep an index of all your local content? Cover art? Metadata? Does it know anything at all about TV shows and episodes?

The older product didn't support any of this. It was a simple file-based media player (it literally showed you only filenames) with some support for online services.

Most other devices have a 1980's UI, with Boxee being one of the only products featuring an interface anywhere close to modern.

[kr1z]

I still use Youtube on the wdtv (b-rad) in stead of the leanbackapp or boxeebrowser .
Because you don`t need the cursor to operate it.
Operates much smoother.
And it remembers previous serchkeywords.
When you pauze a clip , you get a suggestion-OSD.
And adding clips to playlists works (easier)

But other than that , the box can do everything that the wdtv can (or at least the things i personaly used) and much more.

[jebise]

most player will do local content just fine, i bought Boxee Box more for he web content and the remote and UI.

Don't think any other platform will have this type of UI in a long time. WD interface even on the new gen boxes is faster and smooth but not compared to the UI you get with Boxee. Don't get me wrong there interface on the Live Hub is very nice as you can see in the below video. But it seems to lack when compared to Boxee esspically in online content.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEtFn...eature=related

[Corbet]

If you care about UI, Boxee Box wins hands down. WD TV's interface gets the job done, but it isn't pretty.

[Prospero424]

If you care about UI, Boxee Box wins hands down. WD TV's interface gets the job done, but it isn't pretty.

Yeah, all technical features aside, this is what kept me from going with the (formerly) cheaper WD. While the WD interface is good enough for a year or two ago, it just can't hold a candle to Boxee's.

Also, the Boxee remote is quite a bit better.