D-Link's New Boxee Box Runs Linux, Eyes Netflix 138
DeviceGuru writes "OpenBoxeeBox.com is reporting that D-Link's new DM-380 Boxee Box, demonstrated last night in New York at Boxee's Boxee Beta unveiling, runs Linux but does not yet stream Netflix video-on-demand titles. However, according to an unnamed Boxee insider, 'the goal is to have the device support Netflix.' The DM-380 features ports for HDMI, optical digital and analog audio, dual USB, and wired Ethernet, plus it has an SD card slot and built-in WiFi. Photos and screenshots are at OpenBoxeeBox, and additional details are on D-Link's website."
Form over functionality (Score:1, Informative)
Too bad that thing is formed to take as much as space as possible, there is no way I get a permission from the mrs. to purchase one.
Re:It looks like crap (Score:1, Informative)
Brilliant idea! Especially for a device that doesn't have any internal storage!
Re:with DTV/PVR? (Score:3, Informative)
Yes, for example TViX PVR M-6640N or DreamBox. I don't know where you live, those probably do not work in USA as they use DVB-S/C/T.
It would seem that WD TV Live Full HD might be better than the "advertised". YMMV.
Re:opengl to directx? (Score:2, Informative)
Yes, they re talking about DXVA support.
Re:Still no Blu-Ray? (Score:2, Informative)
If you could find a USB blu-ray drive, you should be able to just plug it right in there. The wikipedia page on it says something about it being licensed for use in blu-ray players, so that should work, in theory. Though XBMC (or Boxee, comparing it to this box; it's built off of XBMC) on a PS3 would kick this thing's ass, easily.
Re:opengl to directx? (Score:3, Informative)
The Ubuntu version (and I assume the OS X version) use OpenGL solely for the menus and overlays. VDPAU is used for decoding video on the GPU, and it works exceptionally well.
Up until now though, this meant Windows users were SOL when it came to hardware accelerated video decoding - I'm guessing DirectX gives them this functionality.
The amusing part though is that the original project (XMBC) used DirectX since it only ran on the original XBox, and the XBMC project ported to OpenGL to support other platforms.