D-Link Boxee Box from web TV, Release and Features

The long-awaited D-Link Boxee Box from the Web TV software company Boxee now switches to an Intel Atom for even more video codec support. It has hit Amazon.com for $199, and you can finally get in line for one. Web coming toTV soon.

D-Link Boxee Box

The box, which includes a Qwerty-keypad remote, is now being powered by Intel’s CE4100 Atom Processor, the same chip being used in Google TV. Intel Atom Processor supports 3-D graphics and can also stream uncompressed 1080p HD video.

According to the D-Link press release, “The new chip lets the Boxee Box deliver a wide range of applications and ensures support for 1080p content, no matter the source,” suggesting the Tegra 2 may not have offered the same video format flexibility. Boxee has long promoted the Boxee Box as one of the few set-top streamers capable of handling all major video codecs, short of DRM-encrypted ones like those used by the iTunes store.

Features of  Boxee Box:

• Intel’s CE4100 Atom Processor
• Qwerty-keypad remote
• Nvidia Tegra 250 chip
• supports 3-D graphics
• No keyboard required

Boxee  Box hardware featured a Nvidia Tegra 250 chip, which offers similar specs but at a lower bit rate. This affects the quality of high-profile HD streaming, according to a representative from Boxee.

Two weeks ago the company made an announcement that ad-supported movies would now be available through Boxee’s platform, but only from a small handful of independent and foreign movie companies.

The Boxee Box brings everything you want like all your favorite TV shows & movies from the Internet or your hard drive onto your TV – no PC needed. The Boxee Box lets you watch thousands of popular TV shows and movies for FREE!

No keyboard required with the Boxee Box. You never need to “surf the Web” on your TV, instead you just use your remote control to pick and choose the best digital entertainment. The backside of our remote features a full QWERTY Keyboard comes standard to make it easier to interact with your TV

The Boxee Box plays any non-DRM media. If you can create it, Boxee will play it. Connecting the Boxee Box to your HDTV is as easy as hooking up a DVD player. Boxee makes it easy for friends to share their favorite movies, TV Shows, and songs with each other, on Boxee or on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

The Boxee Box will begin shipping in November, just in time for the holiday season.