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Have you tried the Apple TV? I'd be interested how it compares as I have been quite unsatisfied with it. It's not as seamless as I'd hoped and often has the sam

Have you tried the Apple TV? I'd be interested how it compares as I have been quite unsatisfied with it. It's not as seamless as I'd hoped and often has the same issues you mention with Netflix (and also connection issues with iTunes).

chaostheory 14y ago
Even Apple TV is less annoying. Roku is far from perfect and I have my gripes with it, but in my mind it's the best. About the only thing I haven't tried is Boxee.
- MatthewPhillips 14y ago
  Boxee gave up on the Boxee Box (quite literally abandoned it and their customers) and is now doing a regular TV DVR box.
  - astral303 14y ago
    My friend had a Boxee Box and it was UNSTAAABLE. I saw it freeze up or restart way too many times. Unacceptable.
    - andybak 14y ago
      I have mixed feelings about the Boxee but it rarely freezes for me. It's got a killer interface. Handles local video extremely well. It used to have a decent ecosystem but Boxee seem to have pivoted away from that plan. It never had the content providers - at least in the UK. We never got Lovefilm or Netflix. BBC iPlayer didn't work for months and 4od came and went then came back. To woo the content providers that we never got Boxee shut off the hackability and killed a growing enthusiast and developer scene.
      - MatthewPhillips 14y ago
        > Handles local video extremely well. Movies constantly buffer for me with SMB. Over Boxee Media Manager it doesn't buffer, but does take longer to initially load.