Consider the issue. You must first rip your Blu-Ray. I know of at least 7 different ways to accomplish this, using a variety of different software tools. So the Boxee software must accommodate not only the rips but address the issues each of those different ways the disc is ripped and the different problems it injects.
The memory hole issue is a minor one as well. Claims that the box becomes sluggish if you leave it on and running for over a week and never shut it off or put it into standby is an eyebrow raiser. Who operates their devices that way? The TV does get shut off from time to time you know. How hard is it to turn off your device? The browser? Come to think of it. Be it a set top box, an integrated TV, a cell phone or a tablet. Serviceable is a good enough term to describe it.
And lets also remember that the browser did work, and worked well enough, until Flash was updated and broke SOME of the compatibility there. Nobody is claiming the device is perfect. You posted a whole lot of stuff but not once did you bother to read beyond the surface and thats the problem. If you done any digging at all you would have found a sticky that lists the long term issues. Or you would have found out that leaving the box for just a day can cause it to all but freeze and this may come as a shock to you but most people prefer to let the box go into sleep mode rather then be turning it off and on.
People tend to do that because they like the box to update its media like its made to do. Now this one going to be a shocker for you but not everyone lives in a country where its illegal to backup there media and for that matter there a lot of people who make there own media this is the digital age after all and a 7 year old can do it.
Something anyone would have found out in 5 min by just testing it but that not something they even bothered to do. Considering very little in that group changes boxee has little to do in that area unless they go and break it. Most people tend not to be happy when something fails to live up to its claims. Boxee fails on most of its promises and its been over a year since its release and still has most of the major issues it came out with. I may not be a apple fan but the apple tv does what it promises and if its got a issue they work their butts off to fix it in a timely manner.
Thats why people by apples the stuff works as advertised no fuss no muss. My extreme vision does most things half assed but the one thing it promised to do well was play my media and it does that without issue. Turns into a turnip half the time if let on for a day. As for bad press all give you a idea of how much it deserves it.
Plex were the ones who got the deal as it does much more then boxee can and does it across a wider ranger of hardware with few issue. A lot of those products many wont even remember because they sort or worked and were serviceable. I have one, I have my father set up with 2 of them and an uncle with 2 as well.
What you just stated has not been any of our experiences. I get that you have issues. I fully understand that.
What you seem to be overlooking as there are those of us for which the box works as close to perfectly as can be expected. My opinion on this is from my personal experience and that of others as well. It is neither less valid, nor more valid that your opinion. It is just as valid. No matter how much you may want it to be so. Is a fine product and works as advertised and is worth the price.
The closet feature to working correctly is the apps but that itself is hit and miss in many cases. Your statement that the box works as close to perfectly as can be expected is so far of the mark its shocking. Case in point the browser in boxee is bare bones and basic yet it crashes as often as it works. I can use media center mast on my old netbook which has less power and memory then the boxee and it does it in 30 min on the same lan.
The box itself is basically fine but the problem is the firmware is a joke. Its fallen way behind the times with the likes of the free xmbc and plex. Boxee is based on the old xmbc and the basics of it have remained the unchanged and thats the issue. What was ok back when is very outdated now and the new ui is actually slapped over the old.. They need to go back to the basics like xmbc did with eden and overhaul the parts that no longer work or are outdated.
The browser issue was in the old xmbc and remains in boxee offering a perfectly example of how little boxee updated things. If boxee was to stop with the adding features and hirer coders who knew what they where doing this box could live up to its promise. Unfortunately its looking as if this box is going to get replaced by newer hardware and basically dropped from any real chance of support. Also though boxee got 17 million in funding recently they are actually in trouble as a company.
Sales have dropped to the extent they needed a tv addon to boast sales and they become shunned in the industry. I should know i work in the industry and the only booth that got less interest was that poor ibm guy. The company i work for has a connection with boxee that they are currently seriously considering terminating due to boxee performance and failure to deal with its ongoing issues.
Its felt that boxee management has a focus on money rather then the product and in doing so lost sight of whats makes for a product successful in this market. Boxee got one real chance around march to pull out of the mess they created. Failing to do so your not going to like what comes next. Simple playback of media does work and i can see some enjoying that fact and being happy. The problem is this box is suppose to do so much more and fails to deliver on those promises.
I have zero issues with it. Streaming pictures as a screensaver.. Works perfectly. Netflix works as well as it does on my Roku box. Vudu works perfectly fine. Pandora works perfectly. But then.. Those last 3 are apps. The firmware is what the apps run on.
You keep coming back to the browser which is an afterthought on ANY of these boxes. Not a single one of these boxes will provide you with a perfect, or even mildly acceptable browsing experience. When doing serious web use IE, FireFox and Chrome will be tearing up over mb of memory on my system. The rest of your contentions are sheer speculation on your part.
While they may be in trouble as a company and they may be working on new hardware that has nothing to do with the support given to the existing box. You are making assumptions and trying to pass them off as fact. And again. To your last. The vast majority of whom? How many Boxee boxes have been sold? You have access to their sales numbers and their entire customer list to make that statement? A simple marketing fact for you. The truly Vast majority of people.. Will never say anything about it unless directly asked by somebody.
Getting customer advocacy is one of the most challenging things any company can get. And that would be the people who are hard core. And of those who do the lions share of the participation… A fraction of a fraction of a percent of them. So again.. Nor can you back up that assertion. For some reason you have this giant block. You refuse to believe that it works for anyone. You refuse to believe that anyone could be happy with it.
And here I am. Why do you refuse to accept the fact that this is a perfectly serviceable and working solution for some people?
And you can also view photos on the Boxee Box that are located on your Windows or Mac desktop systems, by accessing them over the network. I work for a company that deals directly with the boxee group and we have had so many complaints its gone beyond anything we have ever seen.
You done no research or you would know iso playback and playback issues are a ongoing topic in the boxee forums. The browser on this box is not suppose to be a afterthought since the big selling point of this box is its social connectivity. Tough its not a main selling feature on on them boxes it works fine on them. As for assumptions one of us is sure making them but i would suggest you take a look in the mirror.
Some may be happy with the product as is and i already stated that which seems to have slipped your mind and i stated i am glad you happy with yours.
Research your product before you review it. Understand there difference between software made for something by others then by the maker. For god sake at least do a google search and visit the forums for the product your reviewing. One last tidbit.. Which is why I pointed it out. Pay close attention to the first as well. Contrary to your claim otherwise. Which you refuse to accept. The browser IS an afterthought. You do NOT need a browser for social connectivity.
And lets be clear about something else there. To add further insult to the already slap in the face from boxee the so called update to fix flash and bugs is lie.
According to boxee they are updating flash to to standards today but there a big problem with this. Adobe the makers of flash stopped making it for embedded platforms like boxee box back in When no flash exist its rather hard to make a update containing it.
There not going to hack some other version in because this would get them in a great deal of trouble with adobe for doing this on a commercial product. Of course this update keeps getting delayed over and over to the point its a on running joke.. Boxee merely waiting tell its obligations to netflicks and others are up and they can get away with killing the server without too much fuss. It all sounds like doom and gloom but when it comes to boxee lies and broken promises are the norm.
I have owned Boxee Box for a year and very recently Netflix stopped working. The Netflix app seems to have dissapeared. Is there any way to add Netflix app back? Why would I buy another one of your damned products when you put my 1 and a half year old box on the disabled list. Stupid move people. Will the boxee tv still have restrictions on youtube videos like the boxee box? My daughter has a sony internet player with a qwerty remote and it plays everything available on youtube.
Does anyone know if its possible to get a replacement remote control for Boxee Box? He suggested downloading the Boxee remote app, which I will do. I never did link my Boxee to the home network as we were using it exclusively for playing downloaded things on external hard drives. Problem is, without a working remote control, I cannot link up my Boxee to my home network….
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