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However, it might also lend toward my own as I was a Wink owner before buying ST. Wink has similar instability issues and sells at Home Depot. So, I hold that the course must change substantially or the brand vanishes into Samsung rather quickly. If sold at Target or Best Buy it’d be a returns nightmare. It’s a hot mess of instability geared toward the tech minded, and it’s frustrating many of them. Online sales is fine for this niche product, but that has been a question of mine since the acquisition - does Samsung desire ST to continue its niche status? In its current state ST could not be sold at brick and mortar. As we approach the holiday season there is bound to be increased competition (products that will actually be on store shelves) stealing the thunder. If not, I can’t see Samsung getting much mileage from that announcement. I’ve said the new hub must bring some significant features of which we are not aware, but several here have said to not count on that being the case. Still, in order to remain at the table there must be something to present, and I’m assuming that for the immediate future that will be Hub 2 and whatever enhanced business model ST reveals.

I would guess the relationship is somewhat different with ST, and I understand earlier comments about buying a piece of the IoT conversation. Multiple sources mentioned internal politics as one of the main reasons PX ended up on the chopping block. The project was “highly controversial,” said one source, and it faced significant resistance from Samsung’s Korean executives, who were wary of a product developed out of their reach in the U.S. Samsung kept the team in a separate office in New York, shielding them from other divisions within the company and even keeping some of the developers working on Samsung’s smart TVs in the dark about the nature of the project. The following quote sounds particularly disturbing: We are excited about the next chapter for our team.

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Joining Samsung means we will be able to work on products that marry the best hardware and software in the TV space, products that will be used by tens of millions of people and will help to shape the future of TV. The report claims that Samsung heavily invested in adding members to the Boxee team - growing its staff from 40 to near 100 - in an effort to build a “Perfect Experience” for TV.Īnd this is what Boxee said two years ago: Former Boxee CEO Avner Ronen also left the company after spending time working as VP of product. Samsung is laying off the entirety of the Boxee team and putting the group’s work on ice. Want more consumer news? Visit our parent organization, Consumer Reports, for the latest on scams, recalls, and other consumer issues.Boxee is finally dead, and Samsung killed it Samsung buys streaming company Boxee, promptly shuts down its cloud DVR service You may buy a device that accesses cloud storage that you pay for, but with no backups (or even with backups) you lose access to all of that content.īoxee: Why What Happens Next Matters

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Remember, thanks to digital rights management, you don’t buy content you buy a license to use it for now. But what about those episodes of “Elementary” that I was saving up to binge-watch now? Better finish that binge by tomorrow.īoxee announced the sale at the end of last week, and also that bit about how the DVR service (officially in beta) would be shutting down in just a few days. Maybe this acquisition will lead to smart TVs with integrated cloud-based DVRs that also walk your dog and heat up some nachos. The acquisition probably means that Samsung wants the company’s software and the talent who created it. Their product could turn most computers into a wonderful media center. Keep in mind that although Boxee sold set top boxes, their real product was software. The key feature of the product–free cloud storage for your programs–will end tomorrow now that Samsung owns Boxee. That’s the tragic lesson of the Boxee Cloud DVR (digital video recorder), the set-top box of many couch potatoes’ dreams. ( БРАТСТВО)Keeping your work and your media in the cloud is totally awesome, right up until the moment when you’re kicked off the cloud.

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