D-Link Boxee Box DSM-380

A very capable streamer

I pre-ordered one of these back in November when it first launched and I have been nothing but happy with the way this handles my local files. It took a little bit of fiddling around to get it to see my shares on Win7x64, but it was well worth it.

Different than Roku,better than AppleTV

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

D-Link Boxee Box DSM-380

If you have lots of music and video files stored on a computer, one way to play them on your main TV is to use a dedicated media streamer . Another is to attach a laptop to the TV, or to buy a separate ‘home entertainment' computer and have that permanently connected to the TV.

D-Link Boxee Box Media Player

W ith broadband becoming more commonplace in households and faster Internet speeds getting more affordable, streaming services are on the rise. Smart TVs have already penetrated the market offering streaming video and audio services through apps.

If you want to enjoy the best in online video, from both home and abroad, D-Link's Boxee Box packs a few surprises which could make it your dream lounge room companion. It should be remembered that Boxee itself is software, not hardware; it had its roots in the modding community, initially developed...

The D-Link Boxee Box is a stylish little media streaming device that has been designed to run the . The D-Link Boxee Box can be connected to your TV using HDMI and it supports Full HD playback.

D-Link Boxee Box DSM-380 media streamer

D-Link's Boxee box, also known by the catchy moniker of DSM-380, is aimed at a sector of the market that's quite important in the US – streaming online media – but somewhat less so in the UK right now.

Boxee Box Review

Feeling stifled by the narrow scope set-top boxes like Apple TV, but not quite ready to start stuffing circuits into a box to build your own home theater PC? D-Link pushes forth an unlikely solution with the funky and curiously geometric Boxee Box, which promises the control and flexibility of a desktop program packed into a standalone box. While it somehow manages to fall a little short of both, plenty of digital entertainment gurus will still find plenty to like in its imperfect middle ground. Boxee is no more unique to the Boxee Box than Windows is to your Dell laptop. It’s just software, and Boxee has actually been distributing it for free on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X since 2008. A cult following ensued and D-Link picked it up for the Boxee Box in 2010, the first set-top box to use the software Boxee had been vetting on the desktop for years. Boxee’s basic goal is to play everything. Locally, that means everything from common DivX files to the rare and mysterious VOB (the only th...

D-Link Boxee Box DSM-380 media streamer

Review D-Link's Boxee box, also known by the catchy moniker of DSM-380, is aimed at a sector of the market that's quite important in the US – streaming online media – but somewhat less so in the UK right now.

D-Link Boxee Box

It has taken almost a year to reach the market, but this most peculiarly designed media player has been well worth the wait.