My Apple TV arrived, and I connected it and went through the motions of installing Boxee. The reviews are mixed.
As far as streaming content I already have on a hard drive, this works fantastically. My music and movies play flawlessly, and the interface is very easy to use.
Streaming, which I was very excited about before, is a different story. Anything I stream through a hard-wired ethernet connection is slow and clunky, and the Boxee browser, which is supposed to load streaming video from virtually any site, barely seems to work. In addition, most streaming webs sites are flash-based, and flash functionality in Boxee's browser seems to be missing or limited.
Part of the problem could be due to the old Apple TV's limited hardware, but it's still disappointing. Since the unit still does strem my local files well, I'll be setting it up as a bedroom media center. As far as sports streaming
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