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(officially "''D-Link Boxee Box DSM-380''") is a Linux-based set-top device and media extender that first began shipping in 33 countries worldwide on 10 November 2010. Designed to easily bring Internet television and other video to the television via

Boxee Boxee was a cross-platform freeware HTPC (Home Theater PC) software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV. It enabled its users to view, rate and recommend content to their frie ...

's software, it comes pre-installed with Boxee media center software. The hardware is based on the Intel CE4110

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platform (that has a

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CPU with a PowerVR SGX535 integrated graphics processor), of

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, and of

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.Boxee Box: The Inside Story, Swapping Tegra 2 for Intel CE4100
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port (version 1.3), optical digital audio (

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) out, an

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for analog stereo audio, two

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ports, an

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slot, wired 100BASE-TX Ethernet, and built-in 2.4 GHz

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WiFi. The

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dongle, which started shipping in February 2012, enables users to watch digital OTA or

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channels with

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. The Boxee Box also ships with a small two-sided RF

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with four-way

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navigation and a full

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as standard. This remote was also being sold separately with a USB receiver as "''D-Link Boxee Box Remote DSM-22''" that can be used with Boxee installed on a computer (so that one can use this remote without owning D-Link's Boxee Box). The look of both the case and remote prototypes for the Boxee Box was designed by

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-based

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, the

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of the

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and

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. On 16 October 2012, the Boxee team announced intention to discontinue distribution.

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{{Home theater PC (application software) D-Link Linux Computer-related introductions in 2010

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