Rated 4 out of 5 by miflin Good over the air TV converter I stumbled into one of these looking for a digital converter that my wife wouldn't fight with. I have a PS3, Roku, laptop, etc. Wife just wants something she can use easily to watch over the air TV. Boxee pulls in channels better than my existing digital tuners. Is very easy to use and as a bonus has apps like Pandora, etc. as well. As the saying goes, wife is happy, everyone is happy. This looks like it could turn into a Roku with a over the air TV converter built in. Only time will tell if it gets the same level of applications that the Roku has. 11/01/2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by msb418 Great Little box so far. Just got this box yesterday. This morning I canceled my Dish service and am currently watching the Steelers and Giants in crystal clear HD. I am able to pick up 12 free HD channels. Some of them are Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, and Peachtree TV. This device was definitely worth it for me, and I reccomend it to fellow "cord cutters". 11/04/2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by austriak5 Great idea, Poor execution I really wanted to like the Boxee TV. I use an antenna to get the free tv channels and thought that it would be awesome to be able to record shows and watch them on my phone or ipad later.The best thing that I can say about it is that the interface is really nice. It looks good and it is nice to be able to see what is going to be on later on each channel. That is about the only positive that I have to say.With antenna hooked up to my TV, I get all local channels except for ABC. With the exact same antenna hooked up to the Boxee TV, I only got 4 channels and only 1 of them worked well at all. This means that the TV tuner used in the Boxee TV is extremely weak. The cloud DVR did not work and Boxee's excuse is that it is "beta". The most annoying part was that the Boxee TV would freeze and require me to restart it many times. However, pulling the power or pushing the restart button doesn't work the first time. It takes multiple times to get it to restart and start back up.As the title says, it really is a great idea, just poorly executed. If Boxee upgrades the tuners and updates the software, this could be a killer item. However, for now, it is just a piece of junk. I do appreciate that I had no issues returning it to Walmart. 11/06/2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by tfdots Big disappointment I have had this device for a week and it's painfully obvious that it was rushed to market for the holidays. I live in an area where the DVR is supported- but in reality- it's completely unusable. Even with the latest firmware update, recordings buffer every 5 seconds.Regular live TV watching works fine, as long as you have a roof antenna. However, you cannot pause live tv or set recordings from the remote. All video recordings must be set from the web interface on a computer.Unfortunately, the Boxee TV cannot be controlled by most universal remotes or extenders. It uses a remote control protocol (RCMM) that is not supported by the following Logitech Harmony models: (620, 628, 655, 659, 670, 676, 680, and 688.) I have my entire system hidden behind a cabinet, controlled by a Harmony and an unsupported Next Generation extender, so this alone is a deal-killer for me. If you don't mind dealing with multiple remotes and having your Boxee TV and wires dangling all over the place, then maybe you will not mind this.Netflix also played back without a problem for me. However, be sure you have internet access with no monthly data caps. The Boxee TV is constantly uploading data even if you are not recording anything. In two days, my Boxee uploaded nearly 80GB of data!I will be returning it soon to Wal-Mart, and I'm sure many others will be on Dec. 26th. (Check out the Boxee TV Facebook page- the majority of people commenting on there are returning it.) Very frustrating that a device with such promise can fail to deliver so badly. 11/23/2012