They launched their streaming service in 2007. I think I first connected a laptop with a tv-out to a TV in like 2003. Wasn’t hard to find a desktop video card

They launched their streaming service in 2007. I think I first connected a laptop with a tv-out to a TV in like 2003. Wasn’t hard to find a desktop video card with video out. But the people doing that probably weren’t the first to sign up for a pay streaming service. The Boxee came out in 2010. Like an early android box for your TV and supported Netflix, but could also stream from a network drive. I remember paying ~CAD$200 (or CAD$250?) for one and got a $25 best buy gift card. ~3 years later I sold the boxee for $100 and bought a Chromecast with that gift card and another few bucks.