Floppyhead – Digital Media and Home Theater Computers

Last week I installed Boxee on my desktop computer.  I just wanted to check it out and see how it compares to Media Center.  Overall, I liked it. Clean interface that was fairly intuitive.  Here are some positives:

1. Easy set-up though the need for a password was kind of odd.
2. Easy way to find online video of shows
3. Tight Vudu integration which makes downloading or renting movies fairly easy.
4. Simple interface
5. Price is right – Free!
6. Apps and repositories allow for more content to easily be accessed.

I also had a couple of nitpicks as well:

1. Finding network shares turned out to be cumbersome.  Plus it takes Boxee several minutes to scan your files. I had a hard time figuring out if it was working.
2. Fullscreen only.  You can’t run it in a window.

If you want to see what Boxee has to offer, I highly recommend just downloading the free software and running it on any computer.  Of course, you can buy the Boxee unit for $200 if you like.