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The remote looks nice.]]>Jan 5th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 6th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 8th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/hmm now that you mention it, it sure does look like a USB port. Probably is too, not that adding a 3rd USB port is revolutionary but it's nice to have a front(ish) facing port.]]>Jan 5th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Feb 13th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
Maybe Boxee will find another market for the remote alone - please!]]>Jan 6th 2010 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
Yeah, great remote!
Also looks like it got an additional USB-port on the front (in the "lifted" green corner) if you compare to the render: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/boxee-box-officially-announced-under-200-flash-10-1-support/]]>Jan 6th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
Oh, people have thought of it. It's just that gadget makers are lazy and don't like to try new things. Kudos to Boxee for thinking outside the... er... box.

If any other hardware manufacturers want to man up and produce a PROPER HTPC remote, there are several good designs here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1196532]]>Jan 6th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/The double-sided remote is funky, but a nifty idea. I just hope I don't accidentally hit keyboard keys with my knuckes while using the other side.]]>Jan 5th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Still, I doubt they'd put an accelerometer in a remote control just to disable the inactive side. More likely they'll just make the keys relatively hard to press, so you don't press them by accident.]]>Jan 5th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/don't need an accelerometer, don't know why you'd think something like that is needed. all that is needed it a little gravity switch. then it could tell which side is up.]]>Jan 5th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/I don't think the remote needs any fancy sensors, as long as the buttons aren't too hard to press, and the directional pad isn't touch sensitive.]]>Jan 5th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
I think a sensor would be a good idea. Perhaps while holding it you wouldn't accidentally press anything but I imagine if you place it a bit too hard onto a coffee table or press down on the table as you go to pick it up that then buttons would easily be pressed given the table won't provide the same cushioning effect your hand does.

They need to account for people holding remotes differently too...some may rest it in their hands while others may rest it more on their finger tips as if their hand was clawed or whatever. Hell some people may not hold the remote at all and press down on it as it sits on an arm wrest to use it. ]]>Jan 5th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
Give that man a cigar!]]>Jan 6th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
The heck if Boxee thinking? ]]>Jan 5th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
Think about it for a second. If the Box had all its angles aligned with plumb and level, would it really make much difference? It's a tiny box, for which there is no standard form factor. Should they have made it 17" wide and 10" deep with lots of empty space inside? That would be quite a waste of space & material.]]>Jan 5th 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 6th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Most equipment failure is due to people stacking multiple heat generating devices in a small enclosed space where the heat cannot dissipate. With a non-standard shape this forces you to put it where it will have room to breath and viola...fewer hardware failure calls. (in theory)]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Feb 10th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 6th 2010 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 6th 2010 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
Yes, so long as the content you are displaying is in 1080p.]]>Jan 5th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/I'll be buying one for sure; I also hope they sell the remote and a usb dongle that I can add to my Boxee PC's.]]>Jan 5th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
I also think the PS3 is lame for the lack of stackability. The XBOX360 gets off with a stern warning, since it is actually stackable depending on the size of the gizmo you would place on it.]]>Jan 5th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/I just think any complaining doesn't make logical sense when it if it were shaped like the wdtv it would be no more stackable.]]>Jan 5th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
That said, I think a flat top would still be better. Better use of space and no loss of function. It won't look distinct but I can live without that.]]>Jan 5th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 6th 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/
I've actually been writing for Engadget HD for years.]]>Jan 5th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/hands-on-with-the-boxee-box/Jan 5th 2010 9:23PM