Comments on: 68% of Lifehacker readers say xbmc & boxee are the best

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:42:46 +0000

Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:37:23 +0000

The problem that modifier key can not be recognized when in full screen is still not resolved.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:31:37 +0000

I think this post has been shot down pretty well… and if there is somethings else out there that is better I would love to see it.

I will admit the boxee interface did turn me off a bit when I first used it coming from xmbc, but to be fair xmbc looks and functions the same as it did 3+ years ago! I also don’t see any built in enhancements like the ones in Boxee.

I think Boxee did so well in this poll because of what the people behind it are doing.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:23:49 +0000

I will admit coming from having a XBOX and xbmc I didn’t see why I needed anything beyond it, but having no options to hack the XBOX 360 and recently getting an apple tv there was no choice. Even after I installed it I will admit I kept using xbmc, but after 2 weeks I only use Boxee now and it is a godsend.

1) the easy install… nuff said
2) steaming media
3) frequent updates and improvements
4) the developers listen to what the public wants

I could point out flaws / issues, but that would be kicking a gift horse in the mouth imho. I do find it very cool that when I found something wrong with the last update that was bothering me… I come to this site and see that it is already listed in the 15th fix list.

Now I will admit… the netflix post was a bit of a D__k tease once I saw oh btw not on apple tv yet lol!

go uber xmbc aka boxee!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:18:57 +0000

It has been amazing to watch Boxee mature this far. Nothing beats Boxee for content. Even the interface is much improved. We don’t watch much TV but all that we do watch is now through Boxee. Thanks guys.

By: luc

luc — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:43 +0000

quite impressive considering boxee is is still private alpha(actually I think it’s more of a private beta but anyway…).
love the software, it’s a pity much of the video content does not work outside US – Hulu, CBS, etc.

By: avner ronen

avner ronen — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:18:48 +0000

i didn’t realize this was the way the list of media center apps was decided… cool

By: Andreas Setterlind

Andreas Setterlind — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:05:31 +0000

The reason FrontRow was not in the poll is because Lifehacker had an article before that poll where it asked people to nominate any media center software they like, then they picked out the five most nominated and only used those in the poll, see: http://lifehacker.com/5102034/best-media-center-applications

So in all fairness, FrontRow was not an option to vote on in the poll because not enough people nominated FrontRow, simple as that.

By: avner ronen

avner ronen — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:01:22 +0000

@alon i don’t know why they didn’t include FrontRow. no question FrontRow is a much more mature product than boxee. we’re still in alpha.. FrontRow is good if you live exclusively in the iTunes world, kind of breaks if you’d like to venture beyond.

maybe boxee’s entrance into the market will push Apple to improve FrontRow

By: alon

alon — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:48:02 +0000

if it had front row or apple tv’s front row as a choice, i would vote for it – boxee is still very cluncky and the interface is kind of a mess.

the poll didn’t really had a lot of options, so it’s no wonder you’ve won.