NUU Player runs Boxee on Atom
By Nilay Patel 
posted January 8th 2010 9:14PM
posted January 8th 2010 9:14PM
posted January 8th 2010 9:14PM
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+1 for Boxee or XBMC becoming the new connected TV standard OS.
@cros13 I see Boxee as the Archaeopteryx of the internet connected TV. HTPC's are a pain and expensive, but do everything. TV's with streaming typically have almost no real utility. Boxee is bridging the huge gap in between the two. Some day, TV's will have the featureset of a Boxee system built right in, and the transition will be complete.
@cros13
+1 for getting XBMC on this. Hopefully it can handle 1080p High Bitrate Bluray rips without problems.
F' Boxee right up it's constantly crashing-little-ass. :P
XBMC > Boxee
Do like the style of this NUU far more than Boxee Box's design that looks like Scotty fucked up beaming the stupid little thing and now it's half stuck inside my entertainment center.
NOO
@Twenty5
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Skype app + Bluetooth headset on a set-top box is actually quite smart.
So why not say "NUU Player runs XBMC on Atom" in the title, since that's what it uses, not Boxee? Do you not have faith in Engadget readers to know what that means? I just find it.. off putting.. It's like when you call a generic DVR a "tivo" so that someone else will understand, except in this case XBMC is the original. I can't tell if you are implying that Boxee is more well known or what. In any case, even if it is an option at a later time, the title of this article is factually incorrect.
@Ned Scott Watch the video, its actually running Boxee, not XMBC. Nilay is calling Boxee the grown-up version of XMBC in the article. Although I would agree with you, XBMC is the grown up version of Boxee, the original and the best, not the other way around. That said though, its gonna come down to individual opinions/preferences, they both kinda hit different groups of people.
@bjbk
Ooooh, stupid me. Here I go off on a rant instead of RTFA. My bad. I did think the "grown up XBMC" comment was a bit odd if it were talking about the original.
Also.. considering you can get a Dell Zino for $230 (often on sale at that price), which also allows you to add a Bluray player at a later time if you wish, which also will run XBMC and Boxee... I think both the Boxee box and the NUU Player need to bring something more to the table or lower their price. Especially for the NUU Player.
What's with that first picture. Did someone eat sloppy joes off the top of that box?
Did you just say that Boxee is the "grown-up version of XBMC" or my eyes deceive me?
"the grown-up version of XBMC"
That is offensive. Boxee is a nice branch on the XBMC trunk and a valiant effort to monetize it, but they would be nothing without the XBMC devs. Boxee is more like the adolescent offspring of XBMC.
XBMC > BOXEE hands down. XMBC's latest update makes it look pretty slick in my opinion. Boxee does provide more "channels" but XBMC's plugins make it more friendly to me. I have both apps but use XBMC a lot more.
Thats a pretty nice unit for XBMC or Boxee they are cloning the AppleTV if you have ever seen one running XBMC only with better hardware.
Whats the remote like is it a proper one as in the video it almost looks like a windows media center remote he is using ?
@(Unverified) Actually appletv was cloning xbmc, and did a piss poor job at it. XBMC has been around since '02
I can't tell from the pictures, does it have optical audio out? Not everyone has HDMI pass through on their receiver or has run out of HDMI slots.
This looks perfect, I want one.
A version with a half height dvd/blu ray player would be great while still keeping it small.