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Submission + - Pre-order availability of The Boxee Box (amazon.com)

goto11 writes: I am an occasional Boxee user on my HTPC at home and just received notification of pre-order availability of "The Boxee Box by D-Link." I checked out the product description and am sad to see how their "team" (if they have one) just doesn't get it. I won't even talk about the almost-smooth, but often klunky UI that all-too-frequently requires me to bust out my keyboard (and apparently the "Boxee Box" has a keyboard on the remote, so I assume it's the same as my HTPC), the physical design is YAFF (yet another form-factor) that won't fit in my media cabinet. But what's most sad of all is their wannabe-haxor-marketspeak, "Get lost in Internetland. It just got easier, and comfortablier." Or how about this gem, "You're [sic] friends will be impressed, or jealous. Probably jealous." Barf.

Comment Fugly (Score 1) 138

Agree. Could never pass the WAF (wife acceptance factor). WTF?
And while I'm at it, could Apple please make a Mac Mini, AppleTV, whatever, that was the proper width for my stereo system? Or somebody make me a box I can put my Mac Mini into, and add a 3.5" SATA HD.... but I digress...

And the same fugliness applies to my friggin' silver, half-width cable box (black, please). This crap has got to go. Make it matte black and 17-1/8" (435mm) wide or it will look hideous on my AV rack. It's not rocket science.

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