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Step 1: Make a Boxee Box (no need to cut a hole)

via Boxee Blog by andrew on 12/9/09

First and foremost thanks to everyone who came out to the Music Hall of Williamsburg Monday night – it was a great event and was fun to see so many users, partners, and press in person. We posted the details of the Beta Monday night, and if you haven't done so yet, register on our pre-release list to get an invite to the Beta over the coming weeks.

So there's been a lot of talk about the Boxee Box over the past 36 hours and we wanted to give you the "official" version.

The Boxee Box Front

It was designed by Astro Studios, the team who crafted designs for the Xbox 360, watches from Nike, Alienware PCs. It's being built by D-Link, the leading networking company for homes & small businesses. Working with D-Link means that we'll be able to design, build, and release a Boxee Box at a low cost to a ton of etail and retail outlets.

As the title indicates, this is step 1. Soon, every device in your living room will connect to the Internet, and we hope Boxee will be the software that runs on them. For now though, the Boxee Box is the easiest way to get Boxee onto that huge HDTV in your living room. Here's how you can make that connection happen…

Boxee Back

HDMI – one inexpensive HDMI cable to connect The Boxee Box to your TV
SPDIF – hi-definition digital audio that will pass through Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS to your A/V Receiver
Stereo Audio (RCA) – red & white cables from the 80's, 90's and today
2 x USB ports – add devices like external hard drives and more
Wireless 802.11n & Wired Ethernet – Cords if you got 'em, wireless if you don't
RF Remote Control – control playback from anywhere

And although the above pictures look really classy, they don't give you an idea of the size of the box. Here's a preliminary image to give you an idea of scale.

Boxee Badunkadunk + Coke Can

Rest assured the Boxee Box will fit into your entertainment center. If the look doesn't quite fit with your decor, not to worry. The RF remote means you can place the box out of sight and still control it. Of course, the Boxee Box prefers being on top : )

We'll reveal more about the Boxee Box by D-Link at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, but if you'd like to see a little more, check out the new page for the Box on our completely re-designed website.

– Andrew