There are a number of those who have had it with cable and satellite. For those kinds of folks, there's a brand new product, called Boxee TV that could be worth checking out.
Streaming with Boxee TV
Numerous corporations make and sell web-based television boxes that offer a serious challenge to cable and satellite businesses. The idea is pretty simple; the box links to Wi-Fi and streams Netflix, Hulu and so forth, and also generally has a DVR function where they can record it.
Boxee TV is a new one coming out, but it is a bit different from the rest, according to Time Magazine. The new Boxee TV utilizes cloud storage for DVR recordings, which makes it very different from the TV box it released and failed with a couple of years back.
The new Boxee TV also isn't really terribly expensive, starting 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.
Simple cable all you want
The Boxee Television receiver has a cable port, so users can use it as a DVR box and thus an accessory. It also has its own antenna, so publicly broadcast stations like NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and PBS could be picked up. It also comes with native applications for Netflix, Vimeo, VUDU, YouTube and Pandora.
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 Television, but it does have a dual-code DVR recorder and can record two things at once.
You do have to pay the $14.99 monthly fee, which most likely will not cost you short term loans, if you want to get the DCR service, though it is nice because there are no memory requirements.
Only some towns at first
Unfortunately, the hitch is that the DVR services for the Boxee Television, according to TG Daily, are limited to just a couple towns to start with. Only residents of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., will be able to get the DVR services. The company plans on expanding the network over the next year, though.
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.
Streaming with Boxee TV
Numerous corporations make and sell web-based television boxes that offer a serious challenge to cable and satellite businesses. The idea is pretty simple; the box links to Wi-Fi and streams Netflix, Hulu and so forth, and also generally has a DVR function where they can record it.
Boxee TV is a new one coming out, but it is a bit different from the rest, according to Time Magazine. The new Boxee TV utilizes cloud storage for DVR recordings, which makes it very different from the TV box it released and failed with a couple of years back.
The new Boxee TV also isn't really terribly expensive, starting 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.
Simple cable all you want
The Boxee Television receiver has a cable port, so users can use it as a DVR box and thus an accessory. It also has its own antenna, so publicly broadcast stations like NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and PBS could be picked up. It also comes with native applications for Netflix, Vimeo, VUDU, YouTube and Pandora.
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 Television, but it does have a dual-code DVR recorder and can record two things at once.
You do have to pay the $14.99 monthly fee, which most likely will not cost you short term loans, if you want to get the DCR service, though it is nice because there are no memory requirements.
Only some towns at first
Unfortunately, the hitch is that the DVR services for the Boxee Television, according to TG Daily, are limited to just a couple towns to start with. Only residents of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., will be able to get the DVR services. The company plans on expanding the network over the next year, though.
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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