I have an AppleTV running boxee that I really like. The only downside is that it will only play apple-formatted 720p content unless you add the Broadcom Crystal HD card--then it will play most formats up to 1080p.
However, if I were on the market now, I would not buy another one. There are better options with dedicated hardware decoders built in to do 1080p decoding instead of general purpose processors for less money--the Roku Box, among others. That said, I actually have one of these devices (Briteview cinematube) and still use the Apple TV for the better Boxee interface.
If I were you, I would wait for the release of the Boxee hardware product and buy that instead.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
Why buy the overpriced appleTV when you could build a much better box with windows 7 media center or xbmc or boxee?
I used mythtv for years and have now moved to W7MC and it has been wonderful. I can record 5 programs at a time (2 in HD), stream to my xbox, laptop, or other extenders, stream over the internet while traveling, and they now have the centon card which can record 4 encrypted HD channels at a time using a cable card.
Oh yeah did I mention I can also stream netflix and hulu? Or that I can rip DVD's with ease from netflix and watch them at my leisure on my 3TB's of storage?
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I have to question your logic if you call a very capable media streaming box available for $150 overpriced, and instead suggest he spend 3-4x that.