Out of the box: Online tv heads for the sitting room

New York – A new device brings online video to the tv screen. With television and the sitting room still a focal point of our daily domestic life, the Boxee takes the growing wealth of online video content back to its source. The device connects to a television set, and can stream content from websites such as Netflix, Pandora and Comedy Central. In addition, the Boxee Box can share content by posting it on users’ social network profiles – and all from the comfort of one’s sofa, rather than a rigid home-office set-up.

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