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Redux.com brings new vision for TV programming to Boxee

Today we add a huge new content discovery application to Boxee from the guys at Redux.com

As David McIntosh, the founder of Redux, will tell you, there’s 20 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute.  Within the heaping pile of user-generated content, probably lies a tiny nugget of golden, undigested, raw goodness.  Do I want to dig through hours of video and photos to find it? No.  That is the Internet’s job.  This is where Redux comes in.

Redux lets people create channels of content around certain subjects like Internet memes, favorite shows, music, celebrities, and art… Once a channel is created, other users can submit content into it.  A few popular channels from Redux: 110% Awesomeness, Best Music Videos Ever, Art, WTF?, Fail Moments, Top Gear videos.  All submissions are timelined, and can be played back to back as a playlist.  Users can also give props to their favorite content as well as comment on it, which bumps the item to the top of the timeline.

Redux.com

On the web, Redux.com has a full-screen “TV Mode” that endlessly plays crowd-sourced videos from a specific channel.  Don’t like one video, hit the arrow key, and skip to the next.  It’s great for killing some time and catching up on the latest memes – whether you’re in a specific channel, or just watching all items as they’re submitted in real-time.

They’ve brought TV mode to Boxee and created a great app.  Anyone can run the app and start watching channels while Redux users can login to their accounts to get a more personalized experience.  The controls are a bit different than you’re probably accustomed to as there’s no Boxee on screen display, and hitting ESC or back will actually switch between full screen and menu mode.  To get out of the app you can select “Exit Redux”.   Let us know what you think!

Redux App

Favorite use case so far: Getting all of the PSAs to play back to back from the GI Joe PSA’s channel. Porkchop Sandwiches anyone?

February 23, 2010 at 12:46 am