It's Out of the Boxee!

I have been playing with Boxee as a media browser on my Apple TV for many months now. My initial reaction was excitement with a bit of trepidation. The thought of using a USB stick containing basically a hack piece of software and plugging it into my ATV and rebooting for installation actually made me sweat. But the install actually went smoothly and the excitement has been building ever since.

There have been a few frustrating hassles with Hulu that we all know about and a few kinks that have pretty much been worked out. But now Boxee has been released to the masses and they have added many cool features including the app box which allows you to add your favorite video and audio feeds.

I have Boxee installed on both my ATV and also my MacBook Pro. It works OK on the ATV but I have to admit that it is quite slow and sometimes frustrating. I almost took it off because of the frustratingly slow response times. The latest version is an improvement but I still have to reset my ATV from time to time. The processor is probably just not quite fast enough to work well with Boxee. The Mac Mini would probably be a perfect fit for Boxee as a media center. I'd be interested in hearing reports from others who have this arrangement.

Boxee on my MacBook is awesome. It is very responsive. I even bought a mini DVI to HDMI cable so I can hook my laptop up to the big screen TV and I use the Boxee Remote to control it. Kudos to the Boxee team for their latest iteration of this great program. I absolutely love Radio Time for our local radio and Pandora for creating my own radio stations. The Radio Time interface could stand some improvement and I imagine that will come with time.

The word is out of the Boxee. It's time to set aside your fears and jump in. It's only going to get better.

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