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dave77 · 12-11-2010, 2:14 PM

Mmm, doesn't look good, apparently it ships with v0.9 which is like the PC version so that's the one to stick to, I won't be updating until they fix 1.x

More on the interface
http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/boxee-10-interface

DEAN SUPREME · 12-11-2010, 2:14 PM

Well I'm glad for once that we got something later than the Americans.After reading through some of the threads I'm deffo gonna wait till things get sorted or I get another media streamer.Serves them right for ripping the rest of the other countries of with such high prices.

next010 · 12-11-2010, 2:18 PM

Yup seems Boxee royally screwed up their launch, unbelievable I thought they would be the ones with the least to go wrong but well they somehow managed it.

Pretty much what HummerUK said, the new UI is bad compared to the older one and its more awkward to access your own content. Lots of various bugs seem to be affecting users too from network buffering to media compatibility.

Very dissapointed overall the Box should have undergone much more testing before launch, the only good news is that its largely all software problems.

I haven't canceled my order as I'm still hoping Boxee can turn this around or XBMC team can work some magic later on.

DEAN SUPREME · 12-11-2010, 2:23 PM

Well it looks like the Boxee is going under much more testing..The American owners are the new beta testers..

But like you said it is a software issue and hopefully easy to sort out.

HummerUK · 12-11-2010, 5:57 PM

Indeed, some of the feedback at Amazon US is quite interesting...

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Boxee Box by D-Link

Seems the unit has issues with 5Ghz 'n' wireless e.g. does not work

HummerUK

next010 · 12-11-2010, 6:27 PM

A complied list of whats gone wrong is here, so surprising they messed up after all this time and how long they've been working on the box, they really did rush it out the door.

I suppose they wasted a lot of that time porting to Arm only to have the Tegra 2 SoC turn out to be not good enough.

DEAN SUPREME · 12-11-2010, 6:41 PM

How can they have fecked it up so much in a short space of time.

Sounds like a lot are gonna be sending back the Boxee Box which I'm sure Amazon will be happy about..not.After reading so many negative reviews about it I should mark it up as a close call and not having the hassle of sending it back myself or being £200 out of pocket.

dave77 · 12-11-2010, 6:45 PM

What a screw up!

I've added a post on what we can expect to see
What can we expect in the UK? - boxee :: forums

I'm still gonna get it and keep the v0.9 software that it ships with

NeilF · 12-11-2010, 8:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dave77

What a screw up!

Is it really that bad? Really?

gkf9 · 12-11-2010, 8:41 PM

Well for once in my life, I held back buying this and now very glad I did. No doubt it will come good, but I'm more than happy with my Wdtv now I've finally got it to my liking.

DEAN SUPREME · 12-11-2010, 10:23 PM

Well I have just spent my money that was meant for the Boxee Box on some gear for my photography.Will see how it is doing after Christmas and if it is getting the reviews that I first hoped for then I shall pick it up.

dsmuk · 13-11-2010, 12:07 PM

Well, having read the new Boxee forum it does seem like the launch could have gone a little smoother!

Does anyone have any screenshots of the new interface, there seems to be complaints that it has changed a fair bit since the beta.

Will keep an eye on this over the next few weeks, am sure things will smooth themselves out (hopefully!)

NeilF · 13-11-2010, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dsmuk

Well, having read the new Boxee forum it does seem like the launch could have gone a little smoother!

Does anyone have any screenshots of the new interface, there seems to be complaints that it has changed a fair bit since the beta.

Will keep an eye on this over the next few weeks, am sure things will smooth themselves out (hopefully!)

Why on earth have they shot themselves in the foot like this?

dsmuk · 13-11-2010, 1:09 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilF

Why on earth have they shot themselves in the foot like this?

It does seem like the software wasn't fully tested in the actual box before release.

The videos on You Tube of videos failing to play and stuttering of the menu system seem to be obvious problems that should not be happening.

It's also not as if this is a cheap media player, for the price people are paying it should just work!

Also, read a comment on the XBMC website that when it loads the artwork and movie description it pulls the info from the Internet each and every time your do it.... that can't surely be right.

XBMC Community Forum - View Single Post - Hacking the Boxee Box to run XBMC?

coolmp3 · 13-11-2010, 8:50 PM

i had pre ordered the boxee box from amazon but have canceled afer the poor feeback about the box. Whats the next best box currently?

HummerUK · 13-11-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by chris.meilak

i had pre ordered the boxee box from amazon but have canceled afer the poor feeback about the box. Whats the next best box currently?

That depends a bit upon what you want the product to do.

I am mainly interested at looking at my own movies, music and TV programs and perhaps my online snaps at flickr

For this the new Netgear seems of interest.

See Any Netgear NTV550 owners out there? for detail.

EDIT: Just cancelled my Boxee order also.

HummerUK

lbeeb · 14-11-2010, 1:50 AM

Quote:

Hello,

We regret to inform you that the following items have been delayed as we are still awaiting stock from our suppliers :

"D-Link Boxee Box Digital Media Player"
Estimated arrival date: December 17 2010

One of Amazon's aims is to provide a convenient and efficient service; in this case, we have fallen short. Please accept our sincere apologies.

You have not been charged for this item. We do not debit money from your payment card until just before your items are dispatched. We will send you a dispatch confirmation email on the date of dispatch.

Thank you for shopping at Amazon.co.uk, we hope to see you again soon.

Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that
cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message.

Sincerely,

Customer Service Department
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Anyone else had this? Have they pushed back the UK launch to fix the bugs?

ciderman · 14-11-2010, 8:23 AM

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Originally Posted by lbeeb

Anyone else had this? Have they pushed back the UK launch to fix the bugs?

I've had the same email this morning. Very disappointed as they are still on sale and in stock on amazon.com

"D-Link Boxee Box - Stream Live Internet to your TV"
***Estimated arrival date: December 17 2010

dave77 · 14-11-2010, 2:13 PM

Same here, god knows what's going on, the press release last week said it has been released in 33 countires

slowpoke115 · 15-11-2010, 10:52 AM

This cock up is about as big as they come. The player is delayed by a month and when it arrives theres a substantial chance that it's going to be crap and not meet any expectations. Given that ALL my media is local, I suspect this things gonna thoroughly dissapoint. Pity there isn't a GOOD alternative (something with a nice interface, that's automated and plays everything) surely those requirements aren't that high.

HummerUK · 15-11-2010, 12:39 PM

A lot of the UK websites that were to start selling it today now say 22nd November.

Websites, including DLinks tend to show the old menus which everyone grew up with and was used to

HummerUK

NeilF · 15-11-2010, 1:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowpoke115

This cock up is about as big as they come. The player is delayed by a month and when it arrives theres a substantial chance that it's going to be crap and not meet any expectations. Given that ALL my media is local, I suspect this things gonna thoroughly dissapoint. Pity there isn't a GOOD alternative (something with a nice interface, that's automated and plays everything) surely those requirements aren't that high.

Same here! My main concern is local content! The Netgear unit has just ebcome mroe interesting!

*hmally123* · 15-11-2010, 2:00 PM

To be fair to boxee, if you go on avsforums in america they are constantly on the forums asking for everybody's feedback, and trying to eradicate all the problems encountered.

I still will be buying one, as soon as the problems are fixed. Which hopefully will be very soon according to them.

next010 · 15-11-2010, 2:10 PM

I can certainly see why the UK launch has been pushed back given the problems they have.

I'm hoping they see the light in the mistake of unleashing a new GUI onto unsuspecting customers given expectations of what they were buying but I have a feeling this is one area they aren't going to back down from though they have said they are working on a fix to making browsing local content more accessible with the 1.0 GUI.

tvjohn · 15-11-2010, 4:58 PM

Boxee Box by D-Link Review & Rating | PCMag.com

dave77 · 15-11-2010, 9:01 PM

Boxee box first impressions - The Inquirer

no shipping delays according to this

*hmally123* · 16-11-2010, 2:40 PM

Like i said the boxee team seem to be pulling there socks up

Using Boxee to play local files? having issues? Here's what were going to do about it - boxee :: forums

eeek · 16-11-2010, 2:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hmally123

Like i said the boxee team seem to be pulling there socks up

Using Boxee to play local files? having issues? Here's what were going to do about it - boxee :: forums

Its too late for me tho. Having seen the initial reviews last Friday and the focus on internet rather than local files I went and got a popcorn hour.

next010 · 16-11-2010, 3:55 PM

Well thats good news at least that they are tackling the problems & going to restore some elements of the 0.9 UI, but rather disappointed that they are sticking to the 1.0 GUI look & not fully restoring the 0.9 UI though my gut feeling was that was always going to be the case, Avner the head of Boxee loves it for some reason.

NeilF · 16-11-2010, 5:46 PM

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Originally Posted by hmally123

Like i said the boxee team seem to be pulling there socks up

Using Boxee to play local files? having issues? Here's what were going to do about it - boxee :: forums

Sounds good! By why some of these are issues are outstanding at release begs asking?

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dave77 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Leeds Thanks: Gave 33, Got 77 Posts: 764	Advertisement Want to Advertise? Mmm, doesn't look good, apparently it ships with v0.9 which is like the PC version so that's the one to stick to, I won't be updating until they fix 1.x More on the interface http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/boxee-10-interface Last edited by dave77; 12-11-2010 at 2:20 PM.
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DEAN SUPREME Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Blackburn Thanks: Gave 5, Got 8 Posts: 104	Well I'm glad for once that we got something later than the Americans.After reading through some of the threads I'm deffo gonna wait till things get sorted or I get another media streamer.Serves them right for ripping the rest of the other countries of with such high prices.
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12-11-2010, 2:18 PM	#183
next010 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2005 Thanks: Gave 21, Got 1,440 Posts: 7,299	Yup seems Boxee royally screwed up their launch, unbelievable I thought they would be the ones with the least to go wrong but well they somehow managed it. Pretty much what HummerUK said, the new UI is bad compared to the older one and its more awkward to access your own content. Lots of various bugs seem to be affecting users too from network buffering to media compatibility. Very dissapointed overall the Box should have undergone much more testing before launch, the only good news is that its largely all software problems. I haven't canceled my order as I'm still hoping Boxee can turn this around or XBMC team can work some magic later on.
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12-11-2010, 2:23 PM	#184
DEAN SUPREME Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Blackburn Thanks: Gave 5, Got 8 Posts: 104	Well it looks like the Boxee is going under much more testing..The American owners are the new beta testers.. But like you said it is a software issue and hopefully easy to sort out.
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12-11-2010, 5:57 PM	#185
HummerUK Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Thanks: Gave 72, Got 124 Posts: 1,317	Indeed, some of the feedback at Amazon US is quite interesting... Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Boxee Box by D-Link Seems the unit has issues with 5Ghz 'n' wireless e.g. does not work HummerUK
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12-11-2010, 6:27 PM	#186
next010 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2005 Thanks: Gave 21, Got 1,440 Posts: 7,299	A complied list of whats gone wrong is here, so surprising they messed up after all this time and how long they've been working on the box, they really did rush it out the door. I suppose they wasted a lot of that time porting to Arm only to have the Tegra 2 SoC turn out to be not good enough.
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12-11-2010, 6:41 PM	#187
DEAN SUPREME Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Blackburn Thanks: Gave 5, Got 8 Posts: 104	How can they have fecked it up so much in a short space of time. Sounds like a lot are gonna be sending back the Boxee Box which I'm sure Amazon will be happy about..not.After reading so many negative reviews about it I should mark it up as a close call and not having the hassle of sending it back myself or being £200 out of pocket.
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12-11-2010, 6:45 PM	#188
dave77 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Leeds Thanks: Gave 33, Got 77 Posts: 764	What a screw up! I've added a post on what we can expect to see What can we expect in the UK? - boxee :: forums I'm still gonna get it and keep the v0.9 software that it ships with
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12-11-2010, 8:41 PM	#190
gkf9 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Thanks: Gave 43, Got 19 Posts: 745	Well for once in my life, I held back buying this and now very glad I did. No doubt it will come good, but I'm more than happy with my Wdtv now I've finally got it to my liking.
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12-11-2010, 10:23 PM	#191
DEAN SUPREME Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Blackburn Thanks: Gave 5, Got 8 Posts: 104	Well I have just spent my money that was meant for the Boxee Box on some gear for my photography.Will see how it is doing after Christmas and if it is getting the reviews that I first hoped for then I shall pick it up.
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13-11-2010, 12:07 PM	#192
dsmuk Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Devon Thanks: Gave 17, Got 12 Posts: 144	Well, having read the new Boxee forum it does seem like the launch could have gone a little smoother! Does anyone have any screenshots of the new interface, there seems to be complaints that it has changed a fair bit since the beta. Will keep an eye on this over the next few weeks, am sure things will smooth themselves out (hopefully!)
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coolmp3 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Thanks: Gave 18, Got 20 Posts: 309	i had pre ordered the boxee box from amazon but have canceled afer the poor feeback about the box. Whats the next best box currently?
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14-11-2010, 2:13 PM	#199
dave77 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Leeds Thanks: Gave 33, Got 77 Posts: 764	Same here, god knows what's going on, the press release last week said it has been released in 33 countires
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slowpoke115 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Thanks: Gave 6, Got 6 Posts: 148	This cock up is about as big as they come. The player is delayed by a month and when it arrives theres a substantial chance that it's going to be crap and not meet any expectations. Given that ALL my media is local, I suspect this things gonna thoroughly dissapoint. Pity there isn't a GOOD alternative (something with a nice interface, that's automated and plays everything) surely those requirements aren't that high.
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HummerUK Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Thanks: Gave 72, Got 124 Posts: 1,317	A lot of the UK websites that were to start selling it today now say 22nd November. Websites, including DLinks tend to show the old menus which everyone grew up with and was used to HummerUK
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hmally123 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: stoke-on-trent Thanks: Gave 5, Got 4 Posts: 188	To be fair to boxee, if you go on avsforums in america they are constantly on the forums asking for everybody's feedback, and trying to eradicate all the problems encountered. I still will be buying one, as soon as the problems are fixed. Which hopefully will be very soon according to them.
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next010 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2005 Thanks: Gave 21, Got 1,440 Posts: 7,299	I can certainly see why the UK launch has been pushed back given the problems they have. I'm hoping they see the light in the mistake of unleashing a new GUI onto unsuspecting customers given expectations of what they were buying but I have a feeling this is one area they aren't going to back down from though they have said they are working on a fix to making browsing local content more accessible with the 1.0 GUI.
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tvjohn Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Thanks: Gave 3, Got 19 Posts: 118	Boxee Box by D-Link Review & Rating \| PCMag.com
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15-11-2010, 9:01 PM	#206
dave77 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Leeds Thanks: Gave 33, Got 77 Posts: 764	Boxee box first impressions - The Inquirer no shipping delays according to this
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16-11-2010, 2:40 PM	#207
hmally123 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: stoke-on-trent Thanks: Gave 5, Got 4 Posts: 188	Like i said the boxee team seem to be pulling there socks up Using Boxee to play local files? having issues? Here's what were going to do about it - boxee :: forums
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next010 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2005 Thanks: Gave 21, Got 1,440 Posts: 7,299	Well thats good news at least that they are tackling the problems & going to restore some elements of the 0.9 UI, but rather disappointed that they are sticking to the 1.0 GUI look & not fully restoring the 0.9 UI though my gut feeling was that was always going to be the case, Avner the head of Boxee loves it for some reason.
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