Even with a cable this long there’s no loss of signal. It’s not in the same room as the TV so I purchased a 50 foot HDMI cable to snake around the perimeter of the room.
I used a small form factor Acer Aspire AX1700-1710B desktop computer with an HDMI connection, Running Windows 7. It’s unlikely your TV has a VGA input like a monitor, but these days many computers have an HDMI port. If you choose to run Boxee on your computer then you must have some sort of video connection to your TV.
Not having a Boxee Box I chose to set up the software on a spare computer. It will connect to the Internet through your network both wirelessly and by network cable (recommended) and comes with a great remote for controlling it. It currently sells for about CAN$200 at our local Future Shop and simplifies the setup and usage. What is Boxee?īoxee is free software you can run on your computer that will let you watch Movies, TV shows, your DVD’s, pictures and music.ĭlink also took this software and made a Boxee Box – (pictured right) a standalone piece of hardware with the Boxee software imbedded, ready to go.
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I didn’t want to get locked into Apple again, so I chose not to upgrade to the newest AppleTV version. My AppleTV (running XBMC) has been faithfully playing my DVD’s for a few years, however it’s showing signs of age and stutters when playing HD movies. Yesterday I began to think about moving from the AppleTV in our home, to something else.