Thursday, November 17, 2011

Boxee Box Live TV With USB Tuner Stick

The Boxee Box is getting an update that with the purchase of tuner card will bring live television to the Boxee. The additional $49.99 usb tuner will bring your local stations through the Boxee and also add a social element that you can share which live show you are watching. Why would you want to watch live TV on the Boxee Box? The live shows add programing that other wise might not be online like local news. It an exciting addition that makes the Boxee even better than it already is. If you like sports than you will never miss a live sporting event from your local stations. The Boxee Box will get the live television signal from your local station by connecting to an HD antenna. The tuner will feed the signal to the Boxee through the usb tuner. Once you have scanned for the local stations you now can flip between web content your local network or live TV. As the cord cutting movement grows we will find more device manufactures trying to incorporate different content source to compete with cable. The Boxee Box usb tuner is available now for pre-order and will ship in January 2012 in time for the season of many network shows.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Red Box Price Increase

Red Box users will be paying an extra $0.20 for a DVD rental. The slight increase in price is not going to break the bank and considering the vast choice of titles. If you are an avid Red Box users it might seem unfair to raise the price, but considering how much a pay per view movie cost or other rental stores it still a great value. If you want to watch the newest titles Red Box does provide a large selection considering it's all stored in a vending machine.