Dell has the new D-Link Boxee Box Streaming Media Player for $200 - 10% off with coupon code FMQLSTFF34SVV5 = $180 with free shipping. Runs Boxee software for streaming from MTV, Digg, TED Talks, Netflix and Pandora. Also features full 1080p support, USB ports for external hard drive connectivity, 802.11n and a QWERTY remote.
It should give you some idea of it's usefulness that, instead of jacking the price to $230 once it was out of the gate,as originally planned, they are discounting it to $180. Go to forums.boxee.tv to see what the problem is/are. It was a dumb idea from the beginning to think that content suppliers couldn't stop you from using their content if they didn't want you to. Short version: they did.
What does this do that the $100 WD media players don't?
It defies the laws of aesthetics
This box can sit at an angle that WD players can't
Here is a review that might help answer your question #1:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2010/11/27/D-Link-Boxee-Box/p1
i will consider if < $99, otherwise no thanks.
It should give you some idea of it's usefulness that, instead of jacking the price to $230 once it was out of the gate,as originally planned, they are discounting it to $180. Go to forums.boxee.tv to see what the problem is/are. It was a dumb idea from the beginning to think that content suppliers couldn't stop you from using their content if they didn't want you to. Short version: they did.