| Criteria | Boxee | XBMC | GoogleTV | Clicker | Roku 2 XS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Show Sources | - Local / Network * | - Local / Network * | - Local / Network - Amazon (& Prime?) - HBO & Max - Netflix - YouTube | - Amazon (& Prime) - Comcast - Hulu Plus - Netflix - Web (Studio website) | - Local / Network (Fee) * |
| Live TV | Add On | ? | ? | - | - |
- Boxee, XBMC, and Roku can support Netflix, etc, but through different Add Ons. I want to be able to find the show independent of knowing which provider has the show. In addition, they can support YouTube as well but not sure if as a source of TV shows and movies.
- VUDU and iTunes are other sources, but I am not considering those.
- The question marks for Live TV is to represent how simple it is to hook it up.
Having to look for shows and the thought about the ease of finding what I want to watch, such as Wilfred, I’d rather not have a set up where I have to look in multiple places (Hulu, Netflix, etc) only to find out it was free on the website.
Therefore, it’s down to Boxee, GoogleTV, and Clicker.
Clicker can actually run on GoogleTV, but that sort of defeats the purpose of having to only go to one place… but at least two places are better than having to go to x number of places.
With the flexibility of Android Market, GoogleTV would be a better option over Boxee. Thus, we are down to either GoogleTV (or possibly an Android tablet hooked up to the TV) and a PC running Clicker TV and XBMC.
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