Boxee Box and Apple TV Price

In an attack to capitalize on the allocution surrounding the Apple TV, Boxee appear in a blog column beforehand this anniversary that it will alpha affairs its advancing Boxee Box in November for $200.

"We all watched the Apple announcement," Boxee CEO Avner Ronen wrote on his company's blog. "We absolved abroad activity assured about the amplitude it larboard for Boxee to compete. We accept a altered appearance of what users appetite in their active rooms."

Ronen again said that the Boxee Box "is activity to be $100 added big-ticket than the Apple TV, but will accord you the abandon to watch what you want."

The fresh Apple TV, which will retail for $99 back it launches after this month, is somewhat different in the set-top box market. It won't action any on-board storage, and will alone acquiesce users to hire films or television shows. It will additionally accommodate Netflix alive and YouTube access.

The Boxee Box promises added content. The set-top box, which is actuality developed by D-Link, will action users admission to video from the Web or bounded accumulator in abounding 1080p HD. A description of the accessory on Boxee's armpit says that users will be able to "watch bags of accepted TV shows and movies for free." Boxee Box owners can additionally admission music agreeable from several online sources, including Pandora.

Those absorbed in acquirements added about the Boxee Box and the company's affairs for its accessory should accept in to Buzz Out Loud on Friday at 10:30 a.m. PDT. The hosts will be interviewing Boxee CEO Avner Ronen.

source cnet.com