Using Boxee as your Media Hub From what I've read, it looks as thought the Boxee is very good at finding and playing all the media on a home network, but what about if everything is hooked up straight to the Boxee? As it stands now, I have a large external HDD hooked up to my desktop, and this is where I keep pretty much everything. Movies, music, books, and installation files for pretty much every program on my computers.Thing is, I don't like keeping my desktop on 24/7. If I were to plug the HDD into the Boxee, would my other computers be able to get to all those goodies without any trouble? Using Boxee as your Media Hub From what I've read, it looks as thought the Boxee is very good at finding and playing all the media on a home network, but what about if everything is hooked up... » Read More Using Boxee as your Media Hub From what I've read, it looks as thought the Boxee is very good at finding and playing all the media on a home network, but what about if everything is hooked up straight to the Boxee? As it stands now, I have a large external HDD hooked up to my desktop, and this is where I keep pretty much everything. Movies, music, books, and installation files for pretty much every program on my computers.Thing is, I don't like keeping my desktop on 24/7. If I were to plug the HDD into the Boxee, would my other computers be able to get to all those goodies without any trouble? « Show Less
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Hey Grand - Andrew from Boxee here. The Boxee Box will work just as you hoped. You can hook the external hard drive up to the Boxee Box to access stuff 24/7 even when your PC is off. Plugging it in will also make the drive shared on your network so you can access it from your computer across the network. If you need any help getting it up and running - give me a shout, andrew@boxee.tvBest,Andrew
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Can boxee box access the content of a HD plugged into another boxee box on the same wired network?
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This player is fantastic! 1. I've had a 2TB external attached and had no problems. 2. This is a stand alone unit. It was not designed for an internal HDD. Thus allowing it to accept outside attachments.3. It accepts all common audio and video files I've thrown at it with ease.Hope this helps.
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I'm moderately free from doubt that this product is no longer supported by Boxee, as it was acquired by. Samsung earlier this year. If everything still functions, you will getter same channels that you receive over the air on this box that you would if you were to attach a digital antenna. If you can't get the channels you are looking for over the air, you ate going to need a cable/ satellite subscription to watch those channels.
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The box itself works great as a media stramer. For trouble free Netflix use Playon software requires minimally a dual core pc , but wow is it ever worth it . Upgraded to a more powerful pc and things are great!
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Boxee has Netflix... but not Hulu Plus. We just bought another ROKU because Boxee doesn't have Hulu Plus and Amazon.We wasted our money with Boxee. Yes you can search the web with Boxee.... but the software to to this is mediocre at best.I just don't bother any more.
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Are your asking can you locally access the drive or remotely access it? If its on your home network it does not use the Internet. But if you want remote access from outside your house you need the Internet. The only problem I'm having is remote access. I'm on the second drive, first one replaced by Buffalo, and we cannot keep remote web access working!!!
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No, this is a pretty terrible product in my experience. The only way to use it at all is with the network mode. Save yourself the trouble and just buy a stand alone hard drive.
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my box says that you need a computer above Microsoft ME or XP. i called the Mattel help line and they said 'yes' you must use a computer with this item. I am returning it without opening it. Do I HAVE to use a computer to enjoy this item? the box and verbage online only talks about hooking up an MP3 player/Ipod. any help before I commit to returning this item?
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Boxee Wins......... the capability to play all other media from your network(movies on your PC hard drive)so yes if you own your media and would like to play it other than on your PC.... so i have 100s of movies on my PC that now are on my tv all in 1080p.... this is the only unit on the market that can do this ;) So i think its worth every dime!!!!!
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Yeah....like the other responders, speed is a bit of an issue, but I found when it's backing up AND my local dropbox folder is syncing, everything slows as CPUs are eaten up. So as long as you're only syncing one drive at a time, you should be fine. I like the convenience of not having to be hooked into the machine. It works great connected to my gateway, and I have it secured quite easily.
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I have been using this player for about a year with this play for about a year. I have 2 MyCloud drives connected to the ethernet. I can easily access each one with the Live TV as well as another device I have which is the Live hub. The Live Hub has it's own internal storage ( yet small ) I am able to stream the content from the drive, or select media server, which is one of my 2 MyCloud.
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Well, I use 3 of these racks to connect 15 HDs to my computer (I edit movies, need lots of space) All my HD's are SATA so I just connect them through the SATA ports (With chained connectors). The rack itself is just a convenient rack that you can stack and keep outside the computer. If you want to connect HDs through USB you will probably just need an external HD enclosure that comes pre-wired for USB connection. This rack is just a rack with it's own ventilation fan. To power, I use additional computer power supplies I had from older computers and chained power cables as well. Very easy and convenient. Hope this helps Well, I use 3 of these racks to connect 15 HDs to my computer (I edit movies, need lots of space) All my HD's are SATA so I just connect them through the SATA ports (With chained connectors). The rack itself is just a convenient rack that you can stack and keep outside the computer. If you want to connect HDs through USB you will probably just need an external HD enclosure that comes pre-wired for USB connection. This rack is just a rack with it's own ventilation fan. To power, I use additional computer power supplies I had from older computers and chained power cables as well. Very easy... » Read More Well, I use 3 of these racks to connect 15 HDs to my computer (I edit movies, need lots of space) All my HD's are SATA so I just connect them through the SATA ports (With chained connectors). The rack itself is just a convenient rack that you can stack and keep outside the computer. If you want to connect HDs through USB you will probably just need an external HD enclosure that comes pre-wired for USB connection. This rack is just a rack with it's own ventilation fan. To power, I use additional computer power supplies I had from older computers and chained power cables as well. Very easy and convenient. Hope this helps « Show Less
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No..this doesnt play anything but files you have downloaded. This box doesn't hook up to the internet at all
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You should have plenty of room to install all the programs you need, but you can't store unlimited movie files, for instance. If you want to carry all your media files on a single, local drive, this is probably not the best device. If you use a network storage device or have access to a cloud server, though, you won't notice the difference in disk capacity and the faster access to what you do have on the Acer does tend to offset the smaller disc size.
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It looks like Boxee has live TV now for basic cable and it is in HD. Is there really no way to watch amazon prime movies and videos on Boxee?????http://www.boxee.tv/live
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I don't want to wait.... I signed up for Amazon Prime and I would like to access it through my Boxee Box... If I can stream to my PC why can't I stream to my Boxee ? The money it still transferred and I can watch in my living room rather than my office..... Come on Amazon make the leap.... I'm waiting !!!!
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Zhi:Thanks for all your great explanations.Maybe S.Pachella knows how to put both the pc and netbook on the same network, but I don't. Could you explain? Linking a pc w/DVD to the netbook seems like such a perfect approach. Thx.Gayle