Boxee is working on set-top box with hd-tuner and recording function

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Boxee seems to be on the American market a set-top box to wish to release, which is not only an hd tuner is processed, but also recording functionality. The Boxee TV would be focused on consumers that an expensive cable subscription more like.

That reports The Verge, which has some photos of the set-top box has published. Boxee would together with D-Link to develop the Boxee TV to work. Both companies brought in 2010, the Boxee Box media player on the market.

The Boxee TV has a less striking case than the Boxee Box, but would have an internal hd-tuner, that is capable of hd-tv from the airwaves to be received. In addition, the device is probably equipped with an internal hard disk, since the Boxee TV pictures could make.

In addition to the set-top box would Boxee work on mobile applications to media files on the Boxee TV remote to be able to access, as well as an epg. The mediaspelerfunctionaliteit of the XBMC-based Boxee software is available, so sign beta testers, but Boxee would be the two-sided remote control with qwerty keyboard have traded it for a one-sided model without the mini-keyboard.

Boxee would Boxee TV want to advertise as a cheap alternative to expensive kabelabonnementen in the U.S., something the company previously tried it with a separate tuner module for the Boxee Box. In the United States are relatively a lot of channels unencrypted in hd quality. By this free tv offer to combine with online services is the set-top box, according to Boxee a promising product. When the device enters the market, it is still not clear.