We just got final confirmation from D-Link that the Boxee Box will start shipping on Nov 10th. Boxee and D-Link will have a launch event in NYC to celebrate and demo the Boxee Box, complete with Boxee 1.0.
People who pre-ordered from Amazon should receive their Box as early as Nov 11. The Boxes should start appearing in stores on Nov 17th (if you are the type of person who can’t wait the extra week you should probably pre-order from Amazon today).
D-Link has gone the extra mile (or kilometer) and turned mid-November into a worldwide launch. You can already pre-order the Boxee Box in Canada, Australia/New Zealand, UK and in other countries across Europe (these units will all start shipping on or shortly after the 10th).
On the evening of the 10th Boxee and D-Link will have a launch event in NYC to celebrate and demo Boxee 1.0, a new version of Boxee software that will initially be available only on the Boxee Box and will later roll out to Mac, PC and Linux.
If you are a Boxee fan and plan to be in NYC on 11.10.10 we would love to see you there. RSVP HERE. There will also be a live broadcast of the event on the Internets. More details to come.
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Absolutely exciting!!
Cannot wait to get the box (and remote) great job guys!!
thanks! it's been a long time coming
Hey Andrew whats going on with the new features for the NHL gamecenter app? Saw your article go up but never was able to access it, just got an error.
I saw that too and got the chance to read it. I'm assuming the article accidentally went up before the software was ready. Looks great though, here's google's cache:
http://blog.boxee.tv/2010/10/18/the-nhl-boxee-app-is-getting-a-facelift-for-the-new-season/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us” rel=”nofollow”>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=ca…
How come Andrew Kippen hasn't answer this question. When will the Nhl Gamecenter live be updated??
YES! I had a feeling today was going to be a good day, and I was wrong…it's a great day! I'm not going to lie, I was nervous about it coming out on time, but you guys did it. Well done Avner and squad!
Thanks! Very exciting times!
I haven't seen any mention of Netflix on the Box. So I assume that didn't make it in?
hope to have everything that's on the PC version on the Boxee Box.
will d-link be announcing these partners prior to the release?
as soon as they/we can they will make announcement
Great news! Congratulations Boxee Team. I'll stick with my own Boxee Box running W7 for now until I hear the first reviews about the real Boxee Box.
Are we going to get a new software version? Are you guys also launching Boxee 1.0??
The Boxee 1.0 version will be first available on the Boxee Box, but then will come out to Mac, PC and Linux
Thanks Avner, good luck!
Way to go down to the wire!
Can't wait! Only one thing left to do… announce Netflix! After playing with the terrific Netflix implementation on the PS3 a 2 days ago, the bar has been raised.
I agree,, Boxee box needs Netflix..
If there's no Netflix, i'll just stick with my ps3.
I am very much in agreement. Netflix is great on the computer, and they are making it even better on connected devices.
So it sounds like Netflix is totally up in the air. I have been following the boxee box since it was announced, but my purchase hinges on netflix support. Can you tell us a little more about why this might not happen? Hardware? Legal?
I am disapointed at the boxee selling in the UK for £200 while it sells in the usa for $200 which is £129 after conversion. Adding on tax its £150.The shipping and 230VAC adapter is hardly adding £50 to the product?
Either way I am delighted for boxee to be launching this product.
I know that Boxee are trying to compete with Apple, but I don't understand why this has extended to adopting their attitude towards European pricing. They don't seem bothered to calculate the exchange rate, which is unfortunate.
We actually don't control the pricing. It is up to D-Link and I know they are doing their best to have fair pricing globally. There are different considerations in each country (e.g. VAT, channel margin requirements, etc.) that makes it complicated to keep the same price globally.
Adding all the U’s needed for the translation doesn’t come cheap.
Amazon.com pre-order price: USD$199.
Australian retailer pre-order price: AUD$299.
1 AUD == 0.979 USD.
Yes. I know. frustrating.
Yeah I had planned on pre-ordering one but that pricing is crazy.
Planning any trips to the US soon?… maybe you can pick one here
Anybody knows about the AC power adaptor delivered with the box in the US.
Will it also work with the European 220 Voltage Power? In this case you would only need the EU plug adaptor which is available for very little money.
Yes. All you need is EU plug adaptor.
Yes!, even if the price is a little high in the UK still got mine pre ordered, cant wait
thanks for your support! hope you will love it!
I just preordered mine yesterday! Is there any developement on the addition of Amazon Video on Demand? i remember you guys were thinking about creating your own store? maybe adding Vudu, they have some nice hi res movies. Anyways, cant wait and keep up the good work!
We are not thinking about creating our own store. We think Vudu and Amazon are doing great stuff in this space and will be great partners for us.
What new features will be in Boxee 1.0? Is there a description of this anywhere? Looking forward to it!
My guess is they will unveil that at the launch party.
yep…
good guess
I'm used to certiain companies just replacing the $ sign with a £ sign for their conversions (Microsoft springs to mind). But really Boxee? I think I'll sit this one out.
sorry.. not in our control. we are working with D-Link to try and assure pricing is as consistent and as fair as possible, but it's a complicated topic, which we are just starting to understand ourselves.
I'm from Portugal and haven't seen anything on the major stores. the portuguese dlink website has only 1 mention about boxee (dated 22nd of september) and it's just that it will come out.
they should be making announcements soon
To sad, Amazon Germany still doesn't list the Boxee Box ;(
hope it will change soon
Amazon.de does list the Boxee Box now: http://www.amazon.de/D-Link-Boxee-Box-Media-Playe…
At the current exchange rate it would cost $380!
but the price tag of €273,50 is a downer…
Maybe I should complain more often.
Now they dropped the price to 229. Way more acceptable.
I'm from Denmark which is one of the select european countries boxee will launch in. Where can I preorder from?
not sure it's available for pre-order in Denmark, yet. hopefully soon.
Should I just pre-order from amazon.co.uk?
Stupid me. There is a whole bunch of different places danes can pre-order at. Its all listed at http://www.dlink.dk/
So now its just the waiting game
Preorder at http://www.boxee-box.dk in Denmark
I'm quite excited!
Do we know if the Boxee Box will use HDMI-CEC yet?
Tom Sella will answer this one @tsella
This are amazing news, cant wait to have that sexy box in my hands…
soon enough you'll be able to fondle it as much as you like…
Awesome. Looking forward to getting one. Just curious though, what stores will you guys be distributed in?
D-Link has signed several retail partners and working on more. It should be in a bunch of different stores.
AMAZING! Any word on when remote ships? And if you are worried about Netflix people, download Navi-X in the App Repos
Really? No partnership details? How would i know I'm not buying a brick??
By waiting until Nov 10th.
Hei!
I just pre-orderd my boxee-box from amazon.com, but i´m not sure to use the boxee-box in europe? What kind of power use the US-Boxee-box? Any informations?
Thanks!
Markus
I've never seen a AC/DC power brick that can't do 220 volts and I'm American.
Of course you have to convert the plug.
will work in the UK. as Ian mentioned you'll just need one of them bulky US-2-UK adapters.
Thank ´s a lot. So i need a US-Europe plug. Hope it will works
Not the small plug, that will burn your box,
You need the bulky one that actually converts the voltage.
no need to convert voltage. 110 and 220 works out of the box.
I know you have to be vague about any content partnerships and you hope to have any current content partners on the Boxee Box but is it safe to say that you hope to have an announcement of new content partners at the launch event on Nov 10th?
Yes. Very safe to assume so..
Will the content partners be announced at the launch event, or before? Anxious for this bit of information…
hope to have everyone that's on the platform on the Boxee Box; if they won't be there, we'll make an announcement in the coming weeks.
This is great news! I pre-ordered mine the day it became available. I'm so excited. Congrats to the boxee team.
Thanks!!
Okay, just ordered mine on Amazon, bought it on faith that it will have Netflix when it arrives. I really hope it does. I bought a Samsung TV last year that was advertised to include Netflix, but that never materialized. So, here's hoping for a better outcome with Boxee this time around!
It will be perfect for your Samsung TV. Hope not to disappoint.
Congrats on the upcoming launch. However, you do realize that if it doesn't come with Netflix and/or Hulu, that Amazon will be fielding a lot of returns?
Why can't Boxee Box fake the user agent string and Hulu would be none the wiser?
We realize content is key and plan to offer users as many choices as possible. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Sorry but I have nowhere to put that ridiculous thing. Is there a practical version available?
"Sorry but I have nowhere to put that ridiculous thing. Is there a practical version available?"
Comments like this help absolutely nobody…not one person. The device itself is probably the most practical media streamer on the market…it can pull content from your LAN, scrapes content from countless Internet sources, streams Netflix, offers some great subscription services, and has hundreds of fabulous useful apps like Pandora and Facebook. If you have a beef with the device's appearance, place it out of site in a well ventilated area. Most interested users/customers find the design very refreshing and elegant, a nice departure from dull rectangular boxes.
To each their own…if you don't like the device nobody is forcing you to buy it. Lucky for you, the folks at Boxee have been gracious enough to provide the PC software completely free, a luxury the likes of Apple and Microsoft will never, ever succumb to.
it's pretty small. so it just needs a little bit of space. you can put behind something, since it's using RF (rather than IR) and does not require line of site.
we think it is beautiful and that you should put it on a small pedestal…
I'm with you on it being ugly. luckily it's REALLY small and the remote is RF so it doesn't need line of site. I hide all my electronics inside a wooden radio cabinet you can easily hide yours behind your TV.
Ugly, I think it looks awesome!!!
I think the case provides neither form nor function. Hopefully it will be easy to crack open and somebody intelligent will provide a provide a proper rectangular box to swap out.
OK, here's what I've found on the Netflix issue. I just got off the phone with Netflix and the customer service rep stated that Netflix is partnered with Boxee Box, and that Boxee Box will be supporting Netflix. However, support issues will be directed to Boxee Box since they are the ones supplying the Netflix app.
Hi Andrew / Avner
I live in USA, and I have already ordered boxee box. I am planning to gift it to my brother who is living in India. I assume the box will support both European and USA power requirements ( 110-220 v)
You are a good brother. It support 110-220 v.
Thank you for the response. I wish success kissing boxee team.
Heck yes!
i feel the same way
How can you call this a worldwide launch when it will not be launched in Asia
well. I guess calling it an "International" launch would have been more appropriate. hopefully D-Link will start selling Boxee Boxes in Asia soon.
67% of the earth is covered in water. Just try getting any gadgets delivered there.
Wait – so is or isn't Netflix going to be part of this? I want Netflix AND access to my personal library which is why I pre-ordered a Boxee box. Without that, I'm cancelling my order and going to go with one of the other devices that can satisfy that.
Netflix is an existing Boxee partner on the PC/Mac and our goal is to bring all the existing partners (and a few new ones) to the Boxee Box.
Jabby don't cancel your order. Netflix business model depends on being on as many devices as they can. if you read between the lines Dlink wants to announce a bunch of content partnerships at launch for maximum press impact.
Okay so a lot has already been said, but I still want to say it anyways.
This unit is going to revolutionize your home media experience. I have been happy using Boxee software on my Windows box the last few months. After learning that it was based on XBMC which I've been using for years, why wouldn't you try it out?
My problem is that I didn't want to leave a powerful PC running 24×7, and my old xbox with XBMC just doesn't cut it for HD content. This small, fancy looking Boxee Box is the perfect solution to my problem.
Whomever decided to put a qwerty keypad on the backside of the remote deserves a promotion and a fat bonus! Then again for making it radio instead of IR.
If this hardware works as amazing as the software, then I know what everyone is getting for xmas.
Thanks Boxee Team ,much love from Canadaland.
Thanks! We are very excited about the hardware. We think the Intel Sodaville is a great platform for Boxee. It enables us to do HD video playback and run a full featured browser. Hope you will love it!
I know you can't announce partners quite yet but can we confirm that it will have support for all the great local streaming options found in the PC version? Including the same file type support, multiple audio channels, and soft subtitles?
That's the major selling point for me. Love the fact that the PC software today can work with anything I throw at it. Unlike Windows Media Center (which is lovely but lacking in this regard).
We are spending lots of time on local/SMB/UPNP video playback. I think you'll be impressed, both in terms of codec support, quality and subtitle handling.
This looks pretty good, although as others have said the UK price is somewhat high though that's to be expected as the norm these days.
I recently purchased a media player which is great for playing all my owned media and can stream from other devices on my network e.g. PC, but isn't able to stream directly from the Internet, so the Boxee Box gets +1 in that respect.
But I don't like streaming from my PC (due to noise, power consumption etc.) which is why all my content is on an internal HDD inside the media player. Now if the Boxee Box had the facility to install an internal HDD it would be perfect and I would be very tempted, but as it stands I think I'll stick with what I've got. I don't want unsightly external USB HDDs sitting next to it, nor do I have the room for them. Nor do I want to have to purchase a NAS. It's all just extra clutter in the limited space I have.
Maybe future models will allow the fitting of an internal HDD?
You know, to a certain degree you contradict yourself. Fitting an HDD into the box would increase its noise dramatically. Especially right there in an environment where you don't want it, i.e. your living room or your bedroom. I think you're better of saving for a NAS, hiding it somewhere and streaming your content wirelessly or over ethernet then. That's the best way of keeping noisy HDDs out of the TV zone.
You can connect a drive using USB and play all the media from there. The Boxee Box can also act as an SBM/UPNP server, so you can see these files from other devices.
Future Boxee-based devices may offer integrated storage. The Boxee Box by D-Link is just the first device.
Do you mean boxee box act like SMB file server? Can we tranfert file to the boxee box in this way?
Yes. Boxee can act as an SMB server
can boxee box act as a network bridge to/from the wired/wireless adapters?
Hi – I pre-ordered from Amazon. The next day I got an email saying they will be shipping on November 17th. Any idea what that's about? If they aren't shipping until the day the box is available in stores, I'll just cancel and buy local and save a couple days waiting for it to arrive….thanks in advance for any information you might have on this.
You should probably contact Amazon with that question. For the unit that I ordered for my mom I got a delivery date of Nov 13th. Not sure how it is being handled, but I know some people got emails saying they'll get it as soon as Nov 11th.
Mine is between November 18-23rd and I ordered it the day it was available for preorder. I think it may have more to do with where you live. I'm coming from Southern California, so it looks we may be further from the shipping center. Who knows, but looking forward to receiving mine.
Hi Avner,
When do you think Boxee will have full fledged browser experience? I struggle with websites with login information to watch videos… is it doable with current version of Boxee?
Congrats for shipping Boxee~!
The Boxee Box will run a whole new version of Boxee, which includes a new Webkit-based browser, which will enable you to go to any site and interact with it.
Thats a great news. I will get one for sure (I use boxee on my HTPC right now).
What are the advantages/disadvantages of boxee box over logitech Revue google tv???
Will the Boxee box be fully updateable? Will it get updates when the other versions do?
What's going to happen at the launch party? Will I be able to buy one there?
2 questions, Boxee Box could be modded? for example I will be able to install XBMC? and there will be some VPN support? Thanks
When are you going to be announcing your content partners for the boxee box? It looks like a lot of people with myself included are looking for the final word on things like netflix and amazon vod support. These are things that the cheaper roku can do and would give it an edge to roku. It sounds like there is going to be even more content providers for the boxee box over the pc application but at the moment we're only left to guess about that.
I'm still looking to get a boxee box though. Seems to hit the sweet spot of more open and more content over cheaper roku and apple tv but more of a real tv suited interface than the more expensive logitech google tv plus a much better remote. I want access to all the letters but i don't want to hold a keyboard while sitting on my couch.
Boxee is getting everything else right just needs all the right content.
Hi Avner,
Is the webkit browser able to store at least few favorite URLs to avoid retyping ?
Best Wishes for Nov 10 launch
Jason
Someone tell me what are the advantages or disadvantages of buying boxee box over google TV Logitech Review???
Someone tell me the advantages or disadvantages of buying the boxee box over logitech Revue googleTv??
Hopefully, Avner or Andrew or a 'Boxee' person will address your 'several' requests and reply to you…in meantime here is my 'novice' thoughts. I have been following both systems, (same as you).
At present seems largely on price: Boxee $199.00, Logitech 'Revue' $299.00 + other option items. If you are a 'Dish' customer, they were offering 'Googletv' at $179.00.
Boxee recently announced a platform add-on for a 'web browser' that will get you easier to all internet sites,(as Google now does).
I had been leaning towards 'Googletv', but since I do not have satelitte or cable available,(I use over air HD antenna). The seamless comfort of running 'Google' for websites and TV programs and the 'price' I would have to pay, seems a moot point.
I have been running Boxee beta for several months, it gets you thru most it professes…but a bit of "cluckiness" and hard to find getting back to other info on site. Hopefully that will all be cleared up on the STB.
Bottom line for discussion: Lots of folks are waiting for the 'dust to settle' on pricing and how well each system will function. I think it fair to say PC to TV has been a longtime coming and the merge is a big step in the right direction. Pricing and positive working function will gain the majority of buyers.
Hope some of this helped you.
Please note: as I stated, I have only been doing PC for about 10 years. Switched to PC to TV 6 months ago, and enjoying it. I would never go back to 'cable-sat.' companies.
Google TV is for streaming content only plus managing DVR functionality with other traditional providers.
Boxee Box has strong local content playback support for all your local media (home network, external drive ) plus the streaming content options.
this guy was a little underwhelmed with the current GTV interface.
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-likely-win…
I expect GTV to get better. It's not a good solution for for folks with our needs. I don't have a DVR and I only get over the air broadcasts. If they made a GTV device with a built in DVR for a low price and free guide programming I would be interested, but the boxee ecosystem currently has the most content for people like us.
I woudl like to see GTV do well and give boxee a run for it's money. Competition is only good for the consumer.
I'm assuming Boxee Box will offer localised content providers (e.g. BBC iPlayer in the UK?). I live in the UK, and am just wondering if (aside from the power adapter) there's anything to stop me from bringing one back from the US — will I still be able to get the localised British content (i.e. is this just a software setting?). Thanks.
I believe the geographic restrictions and other controls imposed by the content provider are done at the server/provider side. Boxee Box has nothing to do with the gate keeping function. So the Boxee Box taken from US to UK should allow all content allowed to stream into UK.
Avner -
It is a shame but Google TV is being blocked now by ABC, NBC, CBS and Hulu. I sure hope this does not happen to Boxee as a big advantage of Boxee is to have access to mainstream TV-based content. I sure hope you guys figure a way around this in your application. I am also a Netflix user, have pre-ordered, but am awaiting your annoucement. Having Netflix is key for Boxee to compete. Good luck with the launch.
Any chance newegg will be carrying the boxee in November? I have a giftcard wating =)
i don't think D-Link has published the list of retail and e-tail partners, but i think you should be optimistic about putting your gift card into good use
Just saw the CEO on CNBC. Sounds exciting!
A lot of talk of the pricetag difference between US and AU, I'm from Denmark and wondering why the Boxee Box, which cannot offer near as much online content here as in the US is priced at almost double?
US: $199
DK: $351 (at current conversionrate)
What the hell is the point is that?
And is it possible for me to use the US box in DK? Because then I'll just have someone bring one back for christmas.
I do realize that pricing might be D-Links headache, but since this product has Boxee all over it I think you need to get in there, because this just isn't right.
Why is it so hard for everyone here to understand that as the world is NOT one seemless global marketplace, there are price differences between countries for the same item. Firstly, it is D-link that are responsible for pricing and distribution, so the boxee guys can't answer all the questions. Even assuming they were the ones responsible, they are only going to tell you what they already have, that is that each country has different taxes, costs different amounts to ship products to and has different trade agreements. All of these things mean that prices for identical things vary around the world.
The reality is that if, like me, you live in one of the places which is significantly more expensive then other parts of the world, you'll simply order it from the other parts of the world yourself and have it shipped to you. What's so hard about that? The constant bleating about price differences is tiresome, do some reading about basic trade regulations and you'll understand why.
You can buy one in the US and bring it to Denmark. It will work.
We would love to have one (low) price available worldwide, but the reality of VATs, shipping costs, retail margin requirements, distribution partners requirements drive different prices in different countries. I still don't understand this world well enough and I understand your frustration.
Preordered the first day available, but got an email the other day from Amazon stating that the estimated delivery date was Nov. 18th-24th…. what up wit dat? Could just cancel and and get it from the stores a day earlier…
Avner…
Really smart positioning here. Smart because it clarifies who you built the box for. That public info was not as obvious before.
If the other commenters haven't seen this….
http://www.businessinsider.com/boxee-ceo-on-cable…
My offer to publish a Q & A on "Why Boxee" to my blog readers still holds when time allows.
Congrats.
filled the answers to your questions. will send it over this weekend. sorry it took me so long.
No problem…
You have a company to run and a TV industry to disintermediate…keeps one busy
But honestly, I'm a fan and want to help get out to the world that doesn't read this blog the answer to the $1B question… "Why Boxee?" Seems like you have that nailed.
Could you please tell me what kind of plug the box have in amazon UK? For example: does it brings a plug that I can only use in UK or does it brings more than one plug so that the box can be used in countrys with differente kinds of plugs…
I believe it comes with a UK plug, but not sure.
What is this? 1997? I’d gladly pay the extra dollar for gigabit component
Agreed, it's a shocking oversight for serious audiophiles.
wtf are you talking about? show me an HD movie that can max out a 100Mbps connection and i'll eat my hat.
would love to have 1Gb for future proof, but realistically 100Mb Ethernet would not be the bottleneck for people using Boxee
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