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by bung 1639 days ago
Tangential, but since so many of you are here... is there anything today like a Boxee Box? Nice little device with remote that my mom could use.
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There are a plethora of streaming boxes out there. Arguably the best is an Nvidia shield pro, which I use. It runs everything you want and more (YouTube, plex, jellyfin, iptv, local tv station apps...), via the Google Play store. If you want to run unofficial apps, you can unlock that with some initial setup. After that it’s dead easy to use for non techies and blazing fast compared to cheaper android boxes or apps that are packaged with smart TVs.
To continue a theme here, Boxee's software originated as a fork of XBMC.