http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/technology/internet/17video.html?ref=technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxee
Everyone that has cable television knows that there are certain channels that you do not watch. Cable does not give you the option to just pay for the channels you watch. But there is a new service called Boxee that gives you just that. Boxee is open source software, where anyone can add or modify the program, which allows access to the Internet and music sites and brings it to a large monitor or television. Boxee allows your PC hard drive to connect to your television and give the user access to all the photos, videos, music on their hard drive through their TV. It also allows the user to access television shows and other types of entertainment from websites. Boxee gathers all the entertainment in to an organized directory to choose from by using the directional arrows on your remote. Boxee only works on Linux and Mac computers as well as the Apple TV. The Boxee Company is currently working on a version that is compatible with Windows PC’s.
I think the Boxee software is a revolutionary idea. Why pay for all the channels you do not watch on cable when you could have a program where you can access not only your television shows but everything on hard drive from music to photos. This is a new way to watch television and surf the Internet without even moving form your seat. But I also think there are many downfalls to this program. I personally do not have an Apple TV so this software would not work with my television. They would have to find a way to have this program be accessible through other televisions and computers. I have a feeling that all the cable companies can not be to happy with this new idea. Either way Boxee is becoming a new wave of television watching and in my opinion regarded as one of the great technology breakthroughs of the 2000’s.
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