Boxee Live TV

It's no secret there's a of effort going on to change the TV as we know it - just look at how important Google considers Google TV to be, not to mention the upcoming and possibly disrupting Apple TV offering that should come out during this year. Peopler are increasingly tired of traditional TV channels and cable operators, where you pay up for hundreds of channels even though you end up watching just a handful of programs.

Boxee is well known for they popular media center software and their Boxee Box. And to prove that on-demand and stored content can live hand-in-hand with live TV, hey now have Boxee Live TV, a small USV digitial TV tuner that allows your Boxee Box to add all the interactive social elements to live TV as well.

Media Center Software Compared

If you're thinking of using a computer as a media center, you'll need a software up to the task - something like: XBMC, Boxee, or Windows Media Center.

Of course, while using Windows Media Center restricts you to using Windows, XBMC and Boxee can happily run in any other OS you have - you can even run XBMC from a Live CD or a USB stick.

So... go ahead and see its pros and cons in this media center software comparison and find the best one for you. My bets are you'll choose either one of these:

 Boxee

XBMC

You can even use XBMC to play high-definition 720/1080p content in your Apple TV. :)

Boxee Media Center

If you haven't found a Media Center software that made you forget about all the others - and it's no secret there are too many to mention out there - I'd recommend you try this Boxee.

As always, it's free and open-source, as most software should be.
Here's a short video highlighting the basics:


quick intro to boxee from boxee on Vimeo.

And if you happen to have an iPhone, just grab the Boxee Free App and you won't even need an extra remote to control everything from your couch.