Boxee has confirmed that they will introduce a USB dongle with an antenna input connector, which means that US users can enjoy live TV from antenna on their Boxee Box. The USB dongle will be available in January 2012.
Live TV dongle for Boxee Box
If you are a happy Boxee Box owner you can start counting down to January 2011. In January – at CES 2012? – Boxee will officially unveil their Live TV USB dongle for the Boxee Box.
The Boxee Box gets a Live TV USB dongle inn January 2012
The solution is really simple. You just plug in the USB dongle to your Boxee Box, plug in your antenna cable to the dongle, and you are all set. The solution makes the Boxee Box one of the few to combine traditional live TV with internet streaming TV such as Netflix, Vudu, Hulu etc.
The Boxee Box gets a Live TV USB dongle inn January 2012
The USB dongle works with HDTV signals (using ATSC) or unencrypted cable connections (ClearQAM), and Boxee has also included a portable antenna in the package. Boxee says that the USB dongle only works on the Boxee Box and not with the Boxee Media Center software for PC or Mac. There is no mention of a DVR (recording) function either.
Boxee Live TV will ship in January 2012 but you can already pre-order your sample here.
Boxee Box gets live-TV dongle in 2012
