Do You Want a Boxee Box?

Boxee the company behind the internet-media-hub with the same name might be working on a hardware solution (a ‘box”) that would connect to your TV. This comes from a comment made by a company member who says that some type of native hardware support would increase adoption rate.

the issue with connecting a computer to the TV is that if you don’t have an extra one lying around, then you’re looking at ~ $500 investment (Mac Mini or Dell Studio). getting boxee on Apple TV is not simple enough for many users (plus boxee is not optimized for the Apple TV hardware, Netflix doesn’t work on it, etc.)… during CES we were approached by several device makers that wanted to speak with us about embedding boxee into existing or future products.

The thing is: making hardware is a perilous endeavor for a young company and it’s hard to guess how the market would react. Sure, it might be easier by itself, but what about the other boxes that people might already have? Heck, I’m running out of HDMI ports already. Reply to their survey if you want to share your opinion. We just did. Link